# Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga

Emalahleni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Malahleni; Afrikaans: Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal.

## Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area (km$^2$) | Population | Most spoken language |
| Boschmans Colliery | 80901 | 0.63 | 3 | Xhosa |
| Clewer | 80902 | 36.52 | 2,657 | Zulu |
| Coalville | 80903 | 1.33 | 154 | Afrikaans |
| Cologne | 80904 | 0.45 | 120 | Zulu |
| Coronation | 80905 | 0.96 | 6 | Southern Ndebele |
| eMalahleni | 80948 | 240.39 | 61,093 | Afrikaans |
| Greenside Colliery | 80907 | 10.86 | 1,314 | Afrikaans |
| Hlalanikahle | 80908 | 4.38 | 27,092 | Zulu |
| Ikageng | 80909 | 0.46 | 311 | Zulu |
| Kendal | 80910 | 32.65 | 285 | Zulu |
| Khutala Colliery | 80911 | 0.58 | 0 | - |
| Klarinet | 80912 | 0.52 | 195 | Northern Sotho |
| Klipplaat | 80913 | 0.14 | 249 | Zulu |
| Klippoortjie | 80914 | 0.99 | 382 | Zulu |
| Kriel | 80915 | 37.87 | 11,695 | Afrikaans |
| KwaGuqa Part 1 | 80916 | 1.87 | 8,005 | Northern Sotho |
| KwaGuqa Part 2 | 80918 | 8.57 | 67,461 | Zulu |
| KwaGuqa Part 3 | 80919 | 0.09 | 189 | Zulu |
| KwaGuqa Part 4 | 80920 | 0.21 | 1,997 | Northern Sotho |
| KwaGuqa Part 5 | 80917 | 0.05 | 510 | Northern Sotho |
| Landau Colliery | 80921 | 4.71 | 1,707 | Zulu |
| Lehlaka Park | 80922 | 1.85 | 2,867 | Zulu |
| Lekama | 80923 | 0.48 | 283 | Zulu |
| Madressa | 80924 | 0.63 | 189 | Zulu |
| Matla Coal Mine | 80925 | 1.04 | 1,207 | Xhosa |
| Naauwpoort | 80926 | 0.50 | 1,782 | Zulu |
| New Largo | 80927 | 26.50 | 797 | Zulu |
| Ogies | 80928 | 1.50 | 897 | Afrikaans |
| Pambili | 80929 | 0.43 | 108 | Northern Sotho |
| Paxton | 80930 | 1.00 | 1,410 | Zulu |
| Phoenix Colliery | 80931 | 2.69 | 99 | Afrikaans |
| Phola | 80932 | 3.26 | 22,864 | Zulu |
| Pine Ridge | 80933 | 1.07 | 898 | English |
| Reedstream Park | 80934 | 1.19 | 905 | Zulu |
| Rethabile | 80935 | 1.12 | 762 | Xhosa |
| Rietspruit Opencast Mine | 80936 | 51.22 | 292 | Southern Ndebele |
| Saaiwater | 80937 | 0.12 | 270 | Zulu |
| Soetvelde | 80938 | 0.21 | 118 | Zulu |
| Springbok | 80939 | 0.90 | 369 | Afrikaans |
| Tavistock Colliery | 80940 | 0.66 | 0 | - |
| Thubelihle | 80941 | 0.96 | 5,746 | Zulu |
| Travistock South | 80943 | 0.47 | 307 | Afrikaans |
| Travistock | 80942 | 0.47 | 709 | Zulu |
| Tweefontein | 80944 | 0.93 | 650 | Afrikaans |
| Vandyksdrif | 80945 | 2.56 | 2,010 | Sotho |
| Voltargo | 80946 | 0.43 | 237 | Zulu |
| Vosman | 80947 | 2.15 | 13,126 | Zulu |
| Witbank Consolidated Colliery | 80949 | 0.13 | 249 | Tsonga |
| Witcons | 80950 | 0.63 | 184 | Afrikaans |
| Wolwekrans | 80951 | 1.40 | 463 | Afrikaans |
| Zaaiwater | 80952 | 0.23 | 21 | Southern Ndebele |
| Remainder of the municipality | 80906 | 2,182.06 | 31,209 | Zulu |

## Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 thirty-five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 36,302 | 50.33 | 28 | 36,665 | 50.83 | 7 | 35 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 14,536 | 20.15 | 0 | 14,994 | 20.79 | 14 | 14 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 13,276 | 18.41 | 6 | 13,198 | 18.30 | 7 | 13 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 4,039 | 5.60 | 0 | 3,944 | 5.47 | 4 | 4 |
| | Independent candidates | 1,778 | 2.46 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African Independent Congress | 614 | 0.85 | 0 | 780 | 1.08 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 664 | 0.92 | 0 | 635 | 0.88 | 1 | 1 |
| | 10 other parties | 923 | 1.28 | 0 | 1,921 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 72,132 | 100.00 | 34 | 72,137 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 72,132 | 98.22 | | 72,137 | 98.10 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,307 | 1.78 | | 1,398 | 1.90 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 73,439 | 100.00 | | 73,535 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 186,763 | 39.32 | | 186,763 | 39.37 | | |