Govan Mbeki Local Municipality (formerly Highveld East Local Municipality) is a
South African local municipality situated in the
Gert Sibande District Municipality
Gert Sibande (until 2004 known as the Eastvaal District Municipality) is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Ermelo. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The dist ...
, of
Mpumalanga.
Secunda is the seat of the municipality.
Main places
The
2001 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
in thirty-two
wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
(ANC) lost its majority, but remained the largest party, winning twenty-six seats.
The following table shows the results of the election.
Corruption
After allegations of endemic corruption a forensic investigation was launched by the
Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG). The Section 106 forensic investigation report released in 2020 revealed extensive political interference in its administration.
The report revealed non-implementation of council resolutions, abuse of municipal property and assets, advertisement of tenders without following legislation and awarding of bursaries without following procedures. Senior positions were occupied by politically affiliated persons who lacked the minimum required qualifications or even a
matric certificate. In addition several companies that got preferential treatment had senior politicians on their payroll. The senior politician and executive mayor, Ms Thandi Ngxonono, was implicated in the report and took special leave.
References
External links
Official website
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Local municipalities of the Gert Sibande District Municipality