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Dipaleseng Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Balfour is the seat of the municipality.

Dipaleseng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatBalfour
Wards6
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKhethiwe Moeketsi (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,617 km2 (1,010 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total42,390
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African89.8%
 • Coloured0.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
 • White8.6%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu56.1%
 • Sotho24.2%
 • Afrikaans9.0%
 • English3.0%
 • Other7.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP306

Main places


The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Balfour8060110.022,070Afrikaans
Ekanini806030.34293English
Greylingstad806040.141,508Zulu
Nthwane806050.622,888Zulu
Siyathemba806063.9117,747Zulu
Remainder of the municipality806022,600.2514,131Zulu

Politics


Main article: Dipaleseng Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twelve members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining six 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress5,27556.1765,54259.4028
Economic Freedom Fighters1,30413.8901,73818.6322
Freedom Front Plus6647.0706717.1911
Democratic Alliance6016.4006737.2111
Independent candidates1,10511.7700
5 other parties4424.7107067.5700
Total9,391100.0069,330100.00612
Valid votes9,39197.559,33097.28
Invalid/blank votes2362.452612.72
Total votes9,627100.009,591100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,94845.9620,94845.78

References


  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dipaleseng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-03.



На других языках

[de] Dipaleseng

Dipaleseng (englisch Dipaleseng Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt Gert Sibande der südafrikanischen Provinz Mpumalanga. Der Sitz der Gemeindeverwaltung befindet sich in Balfour. Bürgermeister ist Mafunda Makhubu.[1]
- [en] Dipaleseng Local Municipality

[ru] Дипалесенг (местный муниципалитет)

Дипалесенг (Dipaleseng) — местный муниципалитет в районе Герт Сибанде провинции Мпумаланга (ЮАР). Административный центр — Бальфур. Название муниципалитета переводится с языка сесото как «Цветочное место».


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