Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
Thaba Chweu Municipality is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Graskop | 1.57 | 2,326 | Afrikaans | |
| Lydenburg | 26.12 | 6,858 | Afrikaans | |
| Mashishing | 4.19 | 16,185 | Northern Sotho | |
| Pilgrim's Rest | 15.28 | 16,251 | Northern Sotho | |
| Sabie | 78.81 | 5,674 | Afrikaans | |
| Simile | 0.94 | 6,265 | Swazi | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 5,553.77 | 27,679 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 sixteen seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.