Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape
Emalahleni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiXhosa name meaning "a place of coal".
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Cacadu | 245.07 | 13,780 | |
| Cala | 9.68 | 57 | |
| Dordrecht | 15.67 | 4,454 | |
| Emaqwatini | 27.01 | 1,920 | |
| Eqolombeni | 61.56 | 1,603 | |
| Guba | 315.77 | 8,807 | |
| Hala | 114.03 | 2,835 | |
| Indwe | 12.17 | 1,425 | |
| Cacadu | 24.71 | 729 | |
| Lakishi | 23.79 | 3,557 | |
| Macubeni | 350.56 | 16,760 | |
| Manyano | 0.16 | 1,370 | |
| Mavuya | 0.59 | 3,023 | |
| Mhlontlo | 340.69 | 18,960 | |
| Mzamomhle | 0.29 | 880 | |
| Nonesi | 557.59 | 28,776 | |
| Sinakho | 1.39 | 4,279 | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 1,134.11 | 2,732 |