# Nkomazi Local Municipality

Nkomazi Municipality (Swazi: Masipaladi wase Nkomazi) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Malalane is the seat of the municipality.

## Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area (km$^2$) | Population | Most spoken language |
| Albertsnek | 81701 | 0.02 | 108 | Swazi |
| Barberton | 81702 | 12.28 | 1,814 | Swazi |
| Hectorspruit | 81703 | 2.97 | 309 | Afrikaans |
| Hoyi | 81704 | 57.13 | 10,777 | Swazi |
| Inyoni | 81705 | 0.13 | 748 | Tsonga |
| Kamhlushwa | 81706 | 0.61 | 2,078 | Swazi |
| Komatipoort | 81707 | 5.52 | 1,443 | Afrikaans |
| Lugedlane | 81708 | 123.79 | 29,816 | Swazi |
| Malalane | 81709 | 14.23 | 2,241 | Afrikaans |
| Marloth Park | 81710 | 17.70 | 469 | Afrikaans |
| Matsamo Part 1 | 81711 | 392.15 | 105,277 | Swazi |
| Matsamo Part 2 | 81718 | 1.11 | 3,659 | Swazi |
| Mawewe | 81712 | 238.62 | 21,038 | Swazi |
| Mhlaba | 81713 | 80.27 | 17,376 | Swazi |
| Mlambo | 81714 | 282.62 | 29,372 | Swazi |
| Siboshwa | 81716 | 160.58 | 71,719 | Swazi |
| Strathmore Mine | 81717 | 4.26 | 343 | Swazi |
| Remainder of the municipality | 81715 | 1,833.87 | 35,837 | Swazi |

## Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 fifty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 53,502 | 69.61 | 33 | 58,121 | 75.89 | 17 | 50 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 9,236 | 12.02 | 0 | 11,085 | 14.47 | 9 | 9 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 4,191 | 5.45 | 0 | 4,283 | 5.59 | 4 | 4 |
| | Independent candidates | 7,504 | 9.76 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 724 | 0.94 | 0 | 773 | 1.01 | 1 | 1 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 630 | 0.82 | 0 | 682 | 0.89 | 1 | 1 |
| | 8 other parties | 1,069 | 1.39 | 0 | 1,640 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 76,856 | 100.00 | 33 | 76,584 | 100.00 | 32 | 65 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 76,856 | 98.23 | | 76,584 | 98.02 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,388 | 1.77 | | 1,550 | 1.98 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 78,244 | 100.00 | | 78,134 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 172,783 | 45.28 | | 172,783 | 45.22 | | |

### By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021. A number of ANC councillors were expelled by the party after working with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to elect Johan Mkhatshwa, former mayor and the top-ranked ANC candidate on the proportional list, elected as mayor. The ANC candidates won both available seats in the August by-elections, although the party received less than 50% of the votes in ward 10. The EFF won the October by-election in ward 11, its first ward win in the province.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor |
| 31 August 2022 | 10 | African National Congress | African National Congress |
| 31 August 2022 | 13 | African National Congress | African National Congress |
| 19 October 2022 | 11 | African National Congress | Economic Freedom Fighters |

## Others

Nkomazi municipality is home to giant processors of sugar cane the Selati Company and to various coal mines.The municipality has a gate to the country's biggest National park, The Kruger National Park.
Nkomazi Municipality serve as a link between Mozambique and South Africa at the Lebombo border.There are also multiple border posts between South Africa and Swaziland.