Thembisile Hani | |
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.svg) Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Nkangala |
| Seat | eMpumalanga |
| Wards | 32 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Cllr L.J Dikgale (ANC) |
| • Municipal Manager | Mr. DJD Mahlangu |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,384 km2 (920 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 310,458 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.2% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 58.5% |
| • Northern Sotho | 12.6% |
| • Zulu | 12.5% |
| • Sotho | 4.8% |
| • Other | 11.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP315 |
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
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.