Okhahlamba Local Municipality
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Template:Infobox South African municipality Okhahlamba Local Municipality is a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Society and Culture
Museums, monuments and memorials
Spion Kop
Media related to Spioenkop Battlefield Memorials at Wikimedia Commons
This large battlefield located some 30 km outside Ladysmith contains the mass graves of British soldiers, individual graves as well as a number of memorials, including a Boer memorial, British memorial, South Lancashire memorial and Imperial Light Infantry memorial.
Nature reserves
Spioenkop Nature Reserve
25 kilometres (16 mi) from Ladysmith is one of South Africa’s popular wildlife sanctuaries, Spioenkop Nature Reserve. This 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) reserve is home to animals such as the rhino, giraffe and zebra. The sporting activities that Spioenkop offers include hiking, horse riding, angling, yachting, water-skiing and power boating. Spioenkop is also supplies other parts of Gauteng with water because in Gauteng there is a shortage of water.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[1]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amangwane | 51701 | 737.10 | 67,829 |
| Amazizi | 51702 | 95.71 | 16,010 |
| Bergville Part 1 | 51703 | 80.11 | 27,670 |
| Bergville Part 2 | 51715 | 2.53 | 702 |
| Drakensberg | 51704 | 0.40 | 75 |
| Driefontein, KwaZulu-Natal | 51705 | 1.41 | 231 |
| Estcourt | 51706 | 4.79 | 988 |
| Geluksburg | 51707 | 1.08 | 209 |
| Jagersrust | 51708 | 0.63 | 199 |
| Northern Natal Drakensberg | 51709 | 142.17 | 3 |
| Rugged Glen Nature Reserve | 51711 | 7.66 | 15 |
| Spioenkop Dam Nature Reserve | 51712 | 41.63 | 48 |
| Van Reenen | 51713 | 0.48 | 78 |
| Winterton | 51714 | 1.81 | 2,186 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 51710 | 2,365.82 | 21,277 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority; the African National Congress won thirteen seats, the Inkatha Freedom Party eight, and the National Freedom Party six. The ANC and NFP formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.[2][3]
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: #FF8040;" data-sort-value="National Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 14,674 | 15,126 | 29,800 | 45.3 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| IFP | 8,918 | 8,777 | 17,695 | 26.9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| NFP | 7,490 | 7,272 | 14,762 | 22.5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| DA | 1,261 | 1,200 | 2,461 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| ACDP | 242 | 297 | 539 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| COPE | 192 | 186 | 378 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 107 | – | 107 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 32,884 | 32,858 | 65,742 | 100.0 | 14 | 14 | 28 | |
| Spoilt votes | 685 | 683 | 1,368 | |||||
References
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Okhahlamba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Okhahlamba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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