eMalahleni Municipality (; ; ) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal. South African Languages - Place names
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Boschmans Colliery 809010.633Xhosa Clewer 8090236.522,657Zulu Coalville 809031.33154Afrikaans Cologne 809040.45120Zulu Coronation 809050.966Southern Ndebele eMalahleni 80948240.3961,093Afrikaans Greenside Colliery 8090710.861,314Afrikaans Hlalanikahle 809084.3827,092Zulu Ikageng 809090.46311Zulu Kendal 8091032.65285Zulu Khutala Colliery 809110.580 - Klarinet 809120.52195Northern Sotho Klipplaat 809130.14249Zulu Klippoortjie 809140.99382Zulu Kriel 8091537.8711,695Afrikaans KwaGuqa Part 1 809161.878,005Northern Sotho KwaGuqa Part 2 809188.5767,461Zulu KwaGuqa Part 3 809190.09189Zulu KwaGuqa Part 4 809200.211,997Northern Sotho KwaGuqa Part 5 809170.05510Northern Sotho Landau Colliery 809214.711,707Zulu Lehlaka Park 809221.852,867Zulu Lekama 809230.48283Zulu Madressa 809240.63189Zulu Matla Coal Mine 809251.041,207Xhosa Naauwpoort 809260.501,782Zulu New Largo 8092726.50797Zulu Ogies 809281.50897Afrikaans Pambili 809290.43108Northern Sotho Paxton 809301.001,410Zulu Phoenix Colliery 809312.6999Afrikaans Phola 809323.2622,864Zulu Pine Ridge 809331.07898English Reedstream Park 809341.19905Zulu Rethabile 809351.12762Xhosa Rietspruit Opencast Mine 8093651.22292Southern Ndebele Saaiwater 809370.12270Zulu Soetvelde 809380.21118Zulu Springbok 809390.90369Afrikaans Tavistock Colliery 809400.660 - Thubelihle 809410.965,746Zulu Travistock South 809430.47307Afrikaans Travistock 809420.47709Zulu Tweefontein 809440.93650Afrikaans Vandyksdrif 809452.562,010Sotho Voltargo 809460.43237Zulu Vosman 809472.1513,126Zulu Witbank Consolidated Colliery 809490.13249Tsonga Witcons 809500.63184Afrikaans Wolwekrans 809511.40463Afrikaans Zaaiwater 809520.2321Southern Ndebele Remainder of the municipality 809062,182.0631,209Zulu
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 thirty-five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links Emalahleni Government site