Msunduzi Local Municipality
Msunduzi | |
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.svg) Location of Msunduzi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E / 29.617°S 30.383°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uMgungundlovu |
| Seat | Pietermaritzburg |
| Wards | 37 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 634 km2 (245 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 618,536 |
| • Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 81.1% |
| • Coloured | 2.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 9.8% |
| • White | 6.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 72.4% |
| • English | 19.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.9% |
| • Xhosa | 1.9% |
| • Other | 4.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN225 |
Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.
Msunduzi Municipality is situated on the N3 highway at a junction of an industrial corridor (from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and an agro-industrial corridor (stretching from Pietermaritzburg to Estcourt). On the regional scale, it is located at the cross section of the N3 corridor and the Greytown Road corridor to the north, a tourist route to Drakensberg and Kokstad Road to the south.[3]
The city of Pietermaritzburg is a provincial and national centre of educational excellence. Pietermaritzburg is a seat of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is home to several other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Pietermaritzburg is home to a host of private and government-owned institutions of primary and secondary education.[3] (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffb543;" data-sort-value="African Independent Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #1c9069;" data-sort-value="Al Jama-ah" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #046D2A;" data-sort-value="African People's Convention" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #EC1D25;" data-sort-value="Minority Front" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Peoples Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDB400;" data-sort-value="Azanian People's Organisation" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 147,297 | 146,938 | 294,235 | 66.1 | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| DA | 42,732 | 42,865 | 85,597 | 19.2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| IFP | 14,886 | 14,712 | 29,598 | 6.7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| EFF | 9,344 | 8,927 | 18,271 | 4.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| AIC | 1,582 | 4,848 | 6,430 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 4,034 | – | 4,034 | 0.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| ACDP | 913 | 946 | 1,859 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 908 | 653 | 1,561 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| APC | 457 | 773 | 1,230 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | 623 | 585 | 1,208 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peoples Alliance | 146 | 266 | 412 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| COPE | 126 | 277 | 403 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AZAPO | 117 | 254 | 371 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 223,165 | 222,044 | 445,209 | 100.0 | 39 | 39 | 78 | |
| Spoilt votes | 4,399 | 4,474 | 8,873 | |||||
Mayors
- Hloni Glenford Zondi, ?-2006 [6]
- Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 [6][7]
- Mike Tarr, May 2010-? [8]
- Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 [9]
- Themba Njilo, 2016–present[10][11]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[12]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdown | 51101 | 3.03 | 13,531 |
| Edendale | 51102 | 50.53 | 79,573 |
| Imbali | 51103 | 23.40 | 79,115 |
| Inadi | 51104 | 87.25 | 34,131 |
| Mafunze | 51105 | 60.55 | 36,186 |
| Mpumuza | 51106 | 97.56 | 55,260 |
| Nxamalala | 51108 | 12.94 | 14,417 |
| Pietermaritzburg | 51109 | 160.99 | 223,519 |
| Sobantu | 51110 | 1.07 | 8,155 |
| Wilgerfontein | 51111 | 0.43 | 1,073 |
| Ximba | 51112 | 5.51 | 2,947 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 51107 | 144.53 | 5,315 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Integrated Development Plan - May 2009. Msunduzi Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 7, 2009.
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Hlatshwayo snatches mayorship from Zondi". Iol.co.za. 16 March 2006.
- ^ "Msunduzi.gov.za". Msunduzi Municipality. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "MEC fires official for 13 charges". Iol.co.za. 21 January 2011.
- ^ "Tough year for Msunduzi Municipality". Iol.co.za. 23 December 2011.
- ^ "Njilo to run for mayor". News24.com. 20 June 2016.
- ^ "'There will be no aloof councillors'-Njilo". Maritzburgsun.co.za. 24 August 2016.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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