| Thaba Chweu | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mpumalanga |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ehlanzeni |
| Seat: | Lydenburg |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 14 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | ANC |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Friddah Nkadimeng |
| Area Total Km2: | 5719 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 98387 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 81.6% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 2.6% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.6% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 14.5% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 36.2% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 17.8% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 15.2% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 7.7% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 23.1% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | MP321 |
Thaba Chweu Municipality (nso|Mmasepala wa Thaba Chweu; ss|Masipaladi iThaba Chweu; af|Thaba Chweu Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81401 | 1.57 | 2,326 | Afrikaans | ||
| 81402 | 26.12 | 6,858 | Afrikaans | ||
| 81403 | 4.19 | 16,185 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 81404 | 15.28 | 16,251 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 81405 | 78.81 | 5,674 | Afrikaans | ||
| 81406 | 0.94 | 6,265 | Swazi | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 81407 | 5,553.77 | 27,679 | Northern Sotho |
See main article: Thaba Chweu Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 sixteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.
After the by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:[7]