Seat Nelspruit Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 5,394 km² Black african population 89.4% Native english speakers 4.6% | Wards 39 Municipal code MP322 White population 8.7% Native afrikaans speakers 6.8% | |
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Mbombela local municipality overview
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".
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- Mbombela local municipality overview
- Mbombela local municipality supports mandela day mataffin cyril clarke john mdluli schools
- Main places
- Politics
- References
Mbombela local municipality supports mandela day mataffin cyril clarke john mdluli schools
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
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.