Emakhazeni Municipality (; ; ; ) formerly Highlands Municipality, is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Belfast (also known as eMakhazeni).
Main places The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Belfast 80.04,564Afrikaans Dullstroom 30.4558English Emgwenya 38.886,178Swazi eNtokozweni 33.178,835Swazi Machadodorp 25.61106Swazi Sakhelwe 1.864,664Northern Sotho Siyathuthuka 3.3312,159Zulu Waterval Boven 1.547Swazi Remainder of the municipality 4,576.3210,146Southern Ndebele
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 ten seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links Official homepage