Umjindi Local Municipality


Umjindi was a local municipality of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Barberton was the seat of the municipality. The municipality had a population of 53,744 according to the 2001 census.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Barberton10.589,078Swazi
Bonanza Gold Mine5.991,340Swazi
eMjindini7.9123,839Swazi
Fairview Mine7.52199Afrikaans
Sheba Mine8.45449Swazi
Verulum0.861,124Swazi
Remainder of the municipality1,699.9117,721Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress won a majority of fifteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
This municipality was dissolved on 3 August 2016 and annexed by the Mbombela Local Municipality.