Mbombela Local Municipality


Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".

Merger with Umjindi

At the time of the 2016 municipal elections, Umjindi Local Municipality was disestablished and merged into the Mbombela Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Broedershoek0.60265Swazi
Gutshwa179.9434,388Swazi
Hazyview4.691,287Afrikaans
KaBokweni4.4912,949Swazi
Kanyamazane15.3336,020Swazi
Khamagugu1.571,890Swazi
Lomshiyo16.72815Swazi
Masoyi60.8854,172Swazi
Mataffin30.183,723Swazi
Matsulu11.6437,792Swazi
Mbuyane88.6957,213Swazi
Mdluli21.222,753Swazi
Mpakeni83.7124,066Swazi
Msogwaba37.8382,509Swazi
Nakambeni0.23721Swazi
Nelspruit46.4721,540Afrikaans
Ngodini0.11367Swazi
Ngodwana1.14759Afrikaans
Nkambeni120.7246,746Swazi
Nsikazi Part 142.351,411Swazi
Nsikazi Part 21.01118Swazi
Rocky Drift3.18150Afrikaans
Wendywood0.3057English
White River23.158,211Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality2,529.4644,904Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 sixty-nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.