Msukaligwa Local Municipality is situated within the Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province. Ermelo is the seat of the municipality. Cities / Towns: Breyten, Chrissiesmeer, Davel, Ermelo, Lothair

Dipaleseng Local Municipality is situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province. Balfour is the seat of the municipality. Neighbouring municipalities include Lekwa and Govan Mbeki to the east, Gauteng province to the west and Free State province to the south. Its major town, Balfour, is situated approximately 80km south-east of Johannesburg. The close proximity of the municipality to Gauteng allows for the spillover effects of development in Gauteng to be enjoyed in this municipality. The three major urban nodes in the area are Balfour / Siyathemba, Greylingstad / Nthorwane and Grootvlei. The major roads that transverse the municipal area are the N3, which runs from Johannesburg to Durban, and the R23 from Pretoria to Volksrust. The Johannesburg—KwaZulu-Natal railway system runs through the municipal area. Cities / Towns: Balfour, Greylingstad, Grootvlei

Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality is situated within the Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality. The municipality is named after Pixley Ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress. Cities / Towns: Amersfoort, Perdekop, Volksrust, Wakkerstroom

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Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality is situated in Gert Sibande District Municipality. The municipality is named after the great leader of the people and the movement, ANC Chief Albert Luthuli. Carolina is the seat of the municipality. The N17 cuts through the south-eastern part of the area, as well as other regional mobility routes, namely the R36, R33 and R38. The majority of rural settlements occur in the eastern part of the municipality, with access provided by the R541, N17 and various secondary routes. Other key features include forestry areas in the central and southern areas of the CALLM, a river system, and the Nooitgedacht and Vygeboom Dams, as well as the edge of a greater wetland region. Economic activities that are dominant spatially in the municipality include agriculture, forestry and mining. Retail and services are concentrated in Carolina and also in smaller centres such as Elukwatini and eManzana (previously Badples) . Cities / Towns: Carolina, Ekulindeni, Empuluzi, eM

Govan Mbeki Local Municipality (previouslyHighveld East Local Municipality) is situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province. Secunda is the seat of the municipality, as well as the seat of the district municipality. Cities / Towns: Bethal, Charl Cilliers, Embalenhle, Evander, Kinross, Leandra, Secunda, Trichardt

Emalahleni Local Municipality is situated in the Mpumalanga province within the jurisdiction of the Nkangala District Municipality (NDM) . Emalahleni Municipality is one of six local municipalities in the NDM and is situated in the west of the Nkangala District. It forms part of the western regions of the Mpumalanga province and borders onto the Gauteng province. The Thembisile Hani Municipality and Victor Khanye Municipality (Delmas Municipality) in the Nkangala District, and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, border the Emalahleni Municipality to the north and west. The Steve Tshwete Municipality (Middelburg Municipality) is located to the east and the Gert Sibande District Municipality borders Emalahleni to the south. The Emalahleni Municipality is strategically located in terms of the provincial context and transport network. It is situated in close proximity to the City of Johannesburg, City of Tshwane and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipalities in Gauteng, and..

Umjindi Local Municipality is situated in the south-eastern part of Mpumalanga on the escarpment. The municipal area forms part of the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, together with Nkomazi Local Municipality, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Mbombela Local Municipality and Bushbuckridge Local Municipality. Neighbouring municipal areas within Mpumalanga are Mbombela, Albert Luthuli and Nkomazi Local Municipalities. The neighbouring country bordering the municipality is Swaziland. Umjindi municipal area is situated within the following geographical coordinates in the Lowveld Region: 25°47S and 31°03E. Distances to main centres and surrounding towns are as follows: Johannesburg – 380km, Pretoria – 366km, Mbombela (previously Nelspruit) – 45km, Kruger National Park – 79km, Maputo, Mozambique – 180km, and Swaziland border – 32km. Cities / Towns: Barberton

Victor Khanye Local Municipality is strategically located in the Highveld in Mpumalanga province on the border line of Gauteng province, less than 100km from Pretoria, Johannesburg and Emalahleni. The municipality is linked by a major freeway, the N12, that was declared a Maputo Corridor. There is a railway line running through to the inner Mpumalanga province and to Mozambique. The municipality is regarded as a gateway to inner Mpumalanga province.

Mbombela Local Municipality

Thaba Chweu Local Municipality came into being after the December 5th 2000 local government elections. It is located in the north-western region of the Mpumalanga province. The escarpment divides the district into eastern and western halves. The western half (Lydenburg district) is dominated by agricultural and farming activities, while forestry is the main economic activity of the eastern half (Sabie / Graskop district) . Thaba Chweu is one of the major tourist attraction areas in South Africa. Mashishing (previously Lydenburg) is the oldest town in the province, and a hub of heritage where the famous Lydenburg Heads, which are said to date back to 400AD, were found in the 1950s. Also found here are old stone houses. Most of all, this is the home of trout fishing. Graskop is home to the Three Rondavels, The Blyde Canyon, Potholes, God's Window, The Pinnacle, Berlin, Lisbon, and Graskop Falls, all of which are World Heritage Sites, and form the Panorama Route. In the Sabie area, when t