Country South Africa Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 2,955 km² Black african population 80.5% Native sotho speakers 6% | Wards 32 Municipal code MP307 White population 16% Native afrikaans speakers 15.9% Native zulu speakers 47.4% | |
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Govan Mbeki Local Municipality (formerly Highveld East Local Municipality) is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Secunda is the seat of the municipality.
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Map of Govan Mbeki Municipality, South Africa
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 thirty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.