Victor Khanye | |
Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
Seal Size: | 150x100px |
Map Alt: | Location in Mpumalanga |
Coordinates: | -26.1667°N 73°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Mpumalanga |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nkangala |
Seat: | Delmas |
Parts Type: | Wards |
Parts: | 9 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Municipal council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Vusi Buda |
Area Total Km2: | 1568 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 75452 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
Demographics1 Info1: | 82.3% |
Demographics1 Info2: | 1.1% |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
Demographics1 Info4: | 16.0% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
Demographics2 Info1: | 36.0% |
Demographics2 Info2: | 25.4% |
Demographics2 Info3: | 15.9% |
Demographics2 Info4: | 3.9% |
Demographics2 Info5: | 18.8% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | MP311 |
Victor Khanye Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala iVictor Khanye; Ndebele, South; South Ndebele: UMasipaladi weVictor Khanye; Afrikaans: Victor Khanye Munisipaliteit), formerly Delmas Municipality, is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Delmas. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
80801 | 5.09 | 30,793 | Zulu | ||
80805 | 13.41 | 3,496 | Afrikaans | ||
80803 | 11.15 | 1,391 | Afrikaans | ||
80804 | 71.38 | 3,252 | Afrikaans | ||
Remainder of the municipality | 80802 | 1,466.21 | 17,275 | Southern Ndebele |
See main article: Victor Khanye Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6]