Nkomazi Local Municipality


Nkomazi Localal Municipality is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Malalane is the seat of the municipality.
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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Albertsnek0.02108Swazi
Hectorspruit2.97309Afrikaans
Hoyi57.1310,777Swazi
Inyoni0.13748Tsonga
Kamhlushwa0.612,078Swazi
Komatipoort5.521,443Afrikaans
Lugedlane123.7929,816Swazi
Malalane14.232,241Afrikaans
Marloth Park17.70469Afrikaans
Matsamo Part 1392.15105,277Swazi
Matsamo Part 21.113,659Swazi
Mawewe238.6221,038Swazi
Mhlaba80.2717,376Swazi
Mlambo282.6229,372Swazi
Siboshwa160.5871,719Swazi
Strathmore Mine4.26343Swazi
Remainder of the municipality1,833.8735,837Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 won a majority of fifty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021. A number of ANC councillors were expelled by the party after working with the Economic Freedom Fighters to elect Johan Mkhatshwa, former mayor and the top-ranked ANC candidate on the proportional list, elected as mayor. The ANC candidates won both available seats in the August by-elections, although the party received less than 50% of the votes in ward 10. The EFF won the October by-election in ward 11, its first ward win in the province.

Others

Nkomazi municipality is home to giant processors of sugar cane the Selati Company and to various coal mines.The municipality has a gate to the country's biggest National park, The Kruger National Park.
Nkomazi Municipality serve as a link between Mozambique and South Africa at the Lebombo border.There are also multiple border posts between South Africa and Swaziland.