Umjindi Local Municipality

Umjindi was a local municipality of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Barberton was the seat of the municipality. The municipality had a population of 53,744 according to the 2001 census.^[3]

Umjindi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Seat	Barberton
Wards	9
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Lazarus Mashaba
Area
• Total	1,745 km2 (674 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	69,577
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	87.5%
• Coloured	1.9%
• Indian/Asian	1.0%
• White	9.4%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Swazi	77.0%
• Afrikaans	9.0%
• English	5.7%
• Tsonga	3.2%
• Other	5.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP323

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Barberton	81601	10.58	9,078	Swazi
Bonanza Gold Mine	81602	5.99	1,340	Swazi
eMjindini	81603	7.91	23,839	Swazi
Fairview Mine	81604	7.52	199	Afrikaans
Sheba Mine	81605	8.45	449	Swazi
Verulum	81607	0.86	1,124	Swazi
Remainder of the municipality	81606	1,699.91	17,721	Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining 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 fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	13,704	13,804	27,508	83.1	8	7	15
	DA	2,490	2,444	4,934	14.9	1	2	3
	PAC	281	207	488	1.5	0	0	0
	COPE	58	96	154	0.5	0	0	0
Total		16,533	16,551	33,084	100.0	9	9	18
Spoilt votes		185	151	336

This municipality was dissolved on 3 August 2016 and annexed by the Mbombela Local Municipality.