Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Thembisile Hani
Official seal of Thembisile Hani
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°E / -25.500; 28.917
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeateMpumalanga
Wards32
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCllr L.J Dikgale (ANC)
 • Municipal ManagerMr. DJD Mahlangu
Area
 • Total2,384 km2 (920 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total310,458
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Southern Ndebele58.5%
 • Northern Sotho12.6%
 • Zulu12.5%
 • Sotho4.8%
 • Other11.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP315

Thembisile Hani Municipality (Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi weThembisile Hani; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Thembisile Hani; Zulu: UMasipala iThembisile Hani) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is a semi-urban local municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 established townships.

The municipality is named after Thembisile Chris Hani, the Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who was assassinated on 10 April 1993.Flare fm SA is a popular local successful radio station based in KwaMhlanga in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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