Nkomazi Localal Municipality () is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Malalane is the seat of the municipality.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Albertsnek 817010.02108Swazi Hectorspruit 817032.97309Afrikaans Hoyi 8170457.1310,777Swazi Inyoni 817050.13748Tsonga Kamhlushwa 817060.612,078Swazi Komatipoort 817075.521,443Afrikaans Lugedlane 81708123.7929,816Swazi Malalane 8170914.232,241Afrikaans Marloth Park 8171017.70469Afrikaans Matsamo Part 1 81711392.15105,277Swazi Matsamo Part 2 817181.113,659Swazi Mawewe 81712238.6221,038Swazi Mhlaba 8171380.2717,376Swazi Mlambo 81714282.6229,372Swazi Siboshwa 81716160.5871,719Swazi Strathmore Mine 817174.26343Swazi Remainder of the municipality 817151,833.8735,837Swazi
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three 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 fifty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021. A number of ANC councillors were expelled by the party after working with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to elect Johan Mkhatshwa, former mayor and the top-ranked ANC candidate on the proportional list, elected as mayor. The ANC candidates won both available seats in the August by-elections, although the party received less than 50% of the votes in ward 10. The EFF won the October by-election in ward 11, its first ward win in the province.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 31 August 2022 10 31 August 2022 13 19 October 2022 11
Others Nkomazi municipality is home to giant processors of sugar cane the Selati Company and to various coal mines.The municipality has a gate to the country's biggest National park, The Kruger National Park.
Nkomazi Municipality serve as a link between Mozambique and South Africa at the Lebombo border.There are also multiple border posts between South Africa and Swaziland.
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