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Steve Tshwete Local Municipality (formerly Middelburg Local Municipality) is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Steve Tshwete Local Municipality is Middelburg. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.[3]
Steve Tshwete | |
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Local municipality | |
 Seal | |
 Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Coordinates: 25°50′S 29°35′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Nkangala |
| Seat | Middelburg |
| Wards | 29 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,976 km2 (1,535 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 229,831 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 73.6% |
| • Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.6% |
| • White | 21.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 28.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 22.6% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 14.9% |
| • Northern Sotho | 10.8% |
| • Other | 23.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP313 |
The municipality is named after Steve Tshwete, ANC activist imprisoned by the apartheid authorities on Robben Island from February 1964 to 1983.
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Hendrina | 869013 | 6.28 | 2,359 | Afrikaans |
| Kranspoort | 869001001 | 6.39 | 153 | Afrikaans |
| KwaZamokuhle | 869012 | 3.79 | 20,427 | Zulu |
| Mhluzi | 869004 | 10.29 | 76,462 | Zulu |
| Middelburg | 869005 | 117.40 | 87,348 | Afrikaans |
| Piet Tlou | 869003 | 6.57 | 5,039 | Southern Ndebele |
| Remainder of the municipality | 869002 | 3,775.34 | 26,079 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-nine are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-nine wards, while the remaining twenty-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 1 November 2021 no party won a majority on the council. The African National Congress (ANC) was the largest party, winning twenty-one seats.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 17,051 | 36.41 | 21 | 17,307 | 37.29 | 0 | 21 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 13,252 | 28.30 | 7 | 13,202 | 28.44 | 10 | 17 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 6,951 | 14.84 | 0 | 6,971 | 15.02 | 9 | 9 | |
| Middelburg and Hendrina Residents Front | 4,955 | 10.58 | 0 | 5,382 | 11.60 | 7 | 7 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2,567 | 5.48 | 0 | 2,566 | 5.53 | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,338 | 2.86 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 other parties | 719 | 1.54 | 0 | 986 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 46,833 | 100.00 | 29 | 46,414 | 100.00 | 29 | 58 | |
| Valid votes | 46,833 | 98.07 | 46,414 | 98.04 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 922 | 1.93 | 929 | 1.96 | ||||
| Total votes | 47,755 | 100.00 | 47,343 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 108,499 | 44.01 | 108,499 | 43.63 | ||||
Municipal services
Middelburg's municipal workers started sporadic strikes in September 2021, and these continued into 2022 which affected several services. Licenses could not be renewed at the license office, property transfers could not be done, refuse was not removed and security guards shot two strikers, while political parties chose not to intervene.[6]
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Auditor-General urges South Africa’s mayors to lead the drive towards clean administration by 2014 Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Statistics South Africa: Steve Tshwete
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Steve Tshwete". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- Heyns, Tania (30 August 2022). "Hof moet nou stakers stuit". maroelamedia.co.za. Maroela Media. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
External links
Municipalities of Mpumalanga | ||||||||
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List of municipalities in Mpumalanga | ||||||||
Municipalities and communities of Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga | ||
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District seat: Middelburg | ||
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| Steve Tshwete | ||
| Emakhazeni | ||
| Thembisile |
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| Dr JS Moroka |
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| Victor Khanye | ||
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На других языках
[de] Steve Tshwete
Steve Tshwete (englisch Steve Tshwete Local Municipality; ehemals Middelburg Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt Nkangala der südafrikanischen Provinz Mpumalanga. Der Sitz der Gemeindeverwaltung befindet sich in Middelburg. Bürgermeister ist Bagudi J. Tolo.[1]- [en] Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
[ru] Стив Тшвете (местный муниципалитет)
Стив Тшвете (Steve Tshwete) — местный муниципалитет в районе Нкангала провинции Мпумаланга (ЮАР). Административный центр — Мидделбург. Муниципалитет назван в честь Стива Вукхиле Тшвете, активиста АНК и Умкото ве Сизве, который после свержения режима апартеида был министром спорта и министром безопасности.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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