Dipaleseng Local Municipality

Dipaleseng Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Dipaleseng; Sotho: Masepala wa Dipaleseng) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Balfour is the seat of the municipality.

Dipaleseng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Seat	Balfour
Wards	6
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
Area
• Total	2,617 km2 (1,010 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	42,390
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	89.8%
• Coloured	0.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	8.6%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Zulu	56.1%
• Sotho	24.2%
• Afrikaans	9.0%
• English	3.0%
• Other	7.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP306

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[3]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Balfour	80601	10.02	2,070	Afrikaans
Ekanini	80603	0.34	293	English
Greylingstad	80604	0.14	1,508	Zulu
Nthwane	80605	0.62	2,888	Zulu
Siyathemba	80606	3.91	17,747	Zulu
Remainder of the municipality	80602	2,600.25	14,131	Zulu

Politics

Main article: Dipaleseng Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twelve members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining six 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 (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[4]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	5,275	56.17	6	5,542	59.40	2	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,304	13.89	0	1,738	18.63	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	664	7.07	0	671	7.19	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	601	6.40	0	673	7.21	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,105	11.77	0				0
	5 other parties	442	4.71	0	706	7.57	0	0
Total		9,391	100.00	6	9,330	100.00	6	12
Valid votes		9,391	97.55		9,330	97.28
Invalid/blank votes		236	2.45		261	2.72
Total votes		9,627	100.00		9,591	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,948	45.96		20,948	45.78