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Newcastle Local Municipality

Coordinates: 27°44′39″S 29°56′14″E / 27.74417°S 29.93722°E / -27.74417; 29.93722
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Newcastle
Local municipality
Official seal of Newcastle
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictAmajuba
SeatNewcastle
Wards34
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total1,855 km2 (716 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total363,236
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African91.9%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian3.2%
 • White3.9%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu85.6%
 • English6.4%
 • Afrikaans3.5%
 • Other4.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN252

Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Charlestown 52401 18.48 3,204
Hlubi 52402 108.11 73,931
Madadeni 52403 25.15 116,798
Newcastle 52404 199.06 44,123
Ngagane 52405 4.90 1,206
Osizweni 52406 15.35 80,265
Remainder of the municipality 52408 1,483.87 13,449

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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 forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Royal Loyal Progress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDB400;" data-sort-value="Azanian People's Organisation" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="People's Revolutionary Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" |
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 63,352 66,149 129,501 61.2 32 9 41
IFP 18,210 17,298 35,508 16.8 0 11 11
DA 9,587 9,993 19,580 9.3 2 4 6
EFF 8,074 8,128 16,202 7.7 0 5 5
Royal Loyal Progress 1,522 1,437 2,959 1.4 0 1 1
Independent 2,379 – 2,379 1.1 0 – 0
AZAPO 813 801 1,614 0.8 0 1 1
People's Revolutionary Movement 721 850 1,571 0.7 0 1 1
VF+ 774 764 1,538 0.6 0 1 1
ACDP 376 381 757 0.4 0 0 0
Total 105,808 105,801 211,609 100.0 34 33 67
Spoilt votes 1,849 1,821 3,670

In a by-election held on 5 April 2017, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[7] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDB400;" data-sort-value="Azanian People's Organisation" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="People's Revolutionary Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Royal Loyal Progress" |
Party Ward PR list Total
ANC 31 9 40
IFP 0 11 11
DA 2 4 6
EFF 0 5 5
AZAPO 0 1 1
VF+ 0 1 1
Independent 1 – 1
People's Revolutionary Movement 0 1 1
Royal Loyal Progress 0 1 1
Total 34 33 67

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Results of the Municipal By-Elections held on 05 April 2017". Electoral Commission of South Africa. 6 April 2017. furthermore an independent candidate won a seat previously held by the African National Congress

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