Mthonjaneni Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Mthonjaneni is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Mthonjaneni is an isiZulu name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King Dingaan used to send his maidens to collect water for him.[1]
The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it.[2]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biyela Kwanguye | 54101 | 8.25 | 1,560 |
| Entembeni | 54102 | 271.17 | 24,886 |
| Kwanguye | 54103 | 6.30 | 517 |
| Melmoth | 54104 | 12.10 | 1,816 |
| Mnanyando | 54105 | 17.64 | 3,794 |
| Obuka | 54107 | 22.88 | 1,902 |
| Thubalethu | 54108 | 1.34 | 5,137 |
| Yanguya | 54109 | 73.57 | 5,430 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 54106 | 672.29 | 5,329 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| IFP | 15,553 | 15,561 | 31,114 | 56.6 | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| ANC | 11,225 | 11,287 | 22,512 | 40.9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| EFF | 433 | 397 | 830 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| DA | 270 | 267 | 537 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 27,481 | 27,512 | 54,993 | 100.0 | 13 | 12 | 25 | |
| Spoilt votes | 466 | 434 | 900 | |||||
In a by-election held on 25 July 2018, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[6] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" || Party | Ward | PR list | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFP | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
| ANC | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| EFF | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 12 | 25 | |
References
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mthonjaneni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mthonjaneni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "IFP celebrates third by-election victory as sign of reclaiming KZN". TimesLive. 26 July 2018.
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