Emfuleni Local Municipality

Emfuleni
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Local municipality

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Location of Emfuleni Local Municipality within Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°40′S 27°45′E / 26.667°S 27.750°E / -26.667; 27.750Coordinates: 26°40′S 27°45′E / 26.667°S 27.750°E / -26.667; 27.750
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
District Sedibeng
Seat Vanderbijlpark
Wards 45
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Greta Hlongwane
Area
 • Total 966 km2 (373 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 721,663
 • Density 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 85.4%
 • Coloured 1.2%
 • Indian/Asian 1.0%
 • White 12.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Sotho 52.5%
 • Zulu 13.1%
 • Afrikaans 12.5%
 • Xhosa 7.8%
 • Other 14.1%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code GT421

The Emfuleni Local Municipality is one of three local municipalities comprising the Sedibeng District in Gauteng, South Africa. It is the westernmost local municipality in the District, and covers an area of 987 km².

Emfuleni shares boundaries with Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the Free State to the south, Midvaal Local Municipality to the east, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality to the north and Westonaria and Tlokwe (Potchefstroom) Municipalities to the west.

The Emfuleni Local Municipality is rich in history: it encapsulates the Anglo-Boer War, the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, and the 1996 signing of the Constitution of South Africa in Sharpeville.

Emfuleni is a largely urbanised municipality, with high population concentrations and density compared to other municipalities making up the Sedibeng District. In fact, the municipality houses around 80% of the district's total population.

The municipality is strategically located with access to a well-maintained road network – e.g. the N1 national route. The Vaal River forms the southern boundary of the municipality; its strategic location affords it many opportunities for tourism and other forms of economic development.

Emfuleni has two main town centres: Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark. Sasolburg is 10 kilometers to the south, across the provincial boundary. The municipality forms the heartland of what was formerly known as the Vaal Triangle, renowned for its contribution to the iron and steel industry in South Africa. It also contains six large townships (Evaton, Sebokeng, Sharpeville, Boipatong, Bophelong and Tshepiso), which currently lack the facilities generally associated with towns of their size.

There are a number of small settlements, mostly within approximately six kilometers of the above towns: Bonanne, Steelpark, Duncanville, Unitas Park, Sonland Park, Waldrift, Rust-ter-Vaal, Roshnee and Debonair Park. The area also comprises a number of large residential areas, all of which require considerable investment in infrastructure and environmental upgrading.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Boipatong 704011.6216,867Sotho
Bophelong 704025.9737,782Sotho
Evaton 7040435.20143,157Sotho
Orange Farm 704053.7916,720Zulu
Sebokeng 7040632.80222,045Sotho
Sharpeville 704075.0441,032Sotho
Tshepiso 704085.2622,952Sotho
Vanderbijlpark 70409207.6980,205Afrikaans
Vereeniging 70410191.3373,283Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 70403498.774,378Sotho

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 (ANC) won a majority of seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 108,435 109,030 217,465 55.6 37 13 50
Democratic Alliance 48,162 48,199 96,361 24.7 8 14 22
Economic Freedom Fighters 23,865 23,814 47,679 12.2 0 11 11
African Independent Congress 3,902 5,995 9,897 2.5 0 3 3
Freedom Front Plus 4,354 4,186 8,540 2.2 0 2 2
Pan Africanist Congress 1,857 1,517 3,374 0.9 0 1 1
Congress of the People 2,015 808 2,823 0.7 0 1 1
Others 2,692 2,090 4,782 1.2 0 0 0
Total 195,282 195,639 390,921 100.0 45 45 90
Spoilt votes 2,543 2,696 5,239

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emfuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Emfuleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

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