Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Thembisile Hani Municipality (Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi weThembisile Hani; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Thembisile Hani; Zulu: UMasipala iThembisile Hani) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is a semi-urban local municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 established townships.

Thembisile Hani
Local municipality
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Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Nkangala
Seat	eMpumalanga
Wards	32
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cllr L.J Dikgale (ANC)
• Municipal Manager	Mr. DJD Mahlangu
Area
• Total	2,384 km2 (920 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	310,458
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Southern Ndebele	58.5%
• Northern Sotho	12.6%
• Zulu	12.5%
• Sotho	4.8%
• Other	11.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP315

The municipality is named after Thembisile Chris Hani, the Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who was assassinated on 10 April 1993.Flare fm SA is a popular local successful radio station based in KwaMhlanga in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Ekangala	81201	5.61	1,509	Zulu
KwaMhlanga Part 1	81202	254.72	71,756	Southern Ndebele
KwaMhlanga Part 2	81215	5.91	6,085	Southern Ndebele
Mabusa National Park	81203	100.64	99	Sotho
Mkobola	81204	320.15	107,560	Southern Ndebele
Moutse 3	81205	1.68	1,788	Northern Sotho
Sokhulumi	81206	0.33	610	Southern Ndebele
Thokoza	81208	2.27	4,459	Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein North	81210	12.07	30000	Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein South	81211	13.91	24,407	Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein	81209	23.26	45	Northern Sotho
Vezubuhle	81212	5.26	10,399	Southern Ndebele
Vlakfontein	81213	0.76	548	Southern Ndebele
Wolvenkop	81214	1.34	2,161	Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality	81207	1,761.83	6,704	Southern Ndebel

Politics

Main article: Thembisile Hani Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two 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 (ANC) won a majority of forty 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	36,509	60.58	30	37,469	62.68	10	40
	Economic Freedom Fighters	10,274	17.05	0	11,639	19.47	12	12
	Democratic Alliance	3,355	5.57	0	3,509	5.87	4	4
	African Independent People's Organisation	2,326	3.86	0	2,429	4.06	3	3
	Independent candidates	4,404	7.31	2				2
	Sindawonye Progressive Party	873	1.45	0	1,024	1.71	1	1
	Ingubo Yeskhethu Party	641	1.06	0	990	1.66	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	477	0.79	0	409	0.68	1	1
	8 other parties	1,404	2.33	0	2,309	3.86	0	0
Total		60,263	100.00	32	59,778	100.00	32	64
Valid votes		60,263	97.68		59,778	97.38
Invalid/blank votes		1,432	2.32		1,611	2.62
Total votes		61,695	100.00		61,389	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		151,479	40.73		151,479	40.53