Country South Africa Seat Belfast Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 4,736 km² Black african population 87.2% Native zulu speakers 21.8% | District Nkangala Wards 8 Municipal code MP314 White population 10.8% Native afrikaans speakers 10.7% Province Mpumalanga | |
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Emakhazeni Local Municipality (formerly Highlands Local Municipality) is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Emakhazeni Local Municipality is Belfast.
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Map of Belfast, South Africa
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.