Mbombela Local Municipality

Mbombela
Local municipality
Official seal of Mbombela Seal
Location in Mpumalanga Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Seat	Nelspruit
Wards	39
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cathrine Dlamini
Area
• Total	5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	588,794
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	89.4%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	8.7%
First languages (2011)
• Swazi	78.7%
• Afrikaans	6.8%
• English	4.6%
• Tsonga	4.1%
• Other	5.8%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	MP322

Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Broedershoek	81501	0.60	265	Swazi
Gutshwa	81502	179.94	34,388	Swazi
Hazyview	81503	4.69	1,287	Afrikaans
KaBokweni	81504	4.49	12,949	Swazi
Kanyamazane	81505	15.33	36,020	Swazi
Khamagugu	81506	1.57	1,890	Swazi
Lomshiyo	81507	16.72	815	Swazi
Masoyi	81508	60.88	54,172	Swazi
Mataffin	81509	30.18	3,723	Swazi
Matsulu	81510	11.64	37,792	Swazi
Mbuyane	81512	88.69	57,213	Swazi
Mdluli	81513	21.22	2,753	Swazi
Mpakeni	81514	83.71	24,066	Swazi
Msogwaba	81515	37.83	82,509	Swazi
Nakambeni	81516	0.23	721	Swazi
Nelspruit	81517	46.47	21,540	Afrikaans
Ngodini	81518	0.11	367	Swazi
Ngodwana	81519	1.14	759	Afrikaans
Nkambeni	81520	120.72	46,746	Swazi
Nsikazi Part 1	81521	42.35	1,411	Swazi
Nsikazi Part 2	81525	1.01	118	Swazi
Rocky Drift	81522	3.18	150	Afrikaans
Wendywood	81523	0.30	57	English
Witrivier	81524	23.15	8,211	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	81511	2,529.46	44,904	Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	121,576	123,376	244,952	84.8	35	31	66
	Democratic Alliance	18,890	18,559	37,449	13.0	4	6	10
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,638	492	2,130	0.7	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	736	476	1,212	0.4	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	601	602	1,203	0.4	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	481	588	1,069	0.4	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	407	381	788	0.3	0	0	0
Total		144,329	144,474	288,803	100.0	39	39	78
Spoilt votes		1,680	1,388	3,068

External links

• Mbombela Government site