uMhlathuze Local Municipality

Coordinates: 28°45′S 31°54′E / 28.750°S 31.900°E / -28.750; 31.900
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Template:Infobox South African municipality uMhlathuze Local Municipality is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Mhlatuze River.[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
Bejani 53801 12.82 4,654
Dube 53802 53.95 52,239
Empangeni 53803 14.00 13,306
Esikhawini 53804 5.90 32,437
Khoza 53805 14.32 24,172
Kwambonambi Forest Reserve 53806 56.58 117
Mkhwanazi 53807 66.29 22,758
Nkwanazi 53808 31.86 25,780
Nseleni 53809 1.30 8,873
Richards Bay Part 1 53810 75.80 30,605
Richards Bay Part 2 53811 0.42 382
Richards Bay Part 3 53812 21.19 13,865
Umlalazi Nature Reserve 53814 27.89 347
Vulindlela 53815 2.44 4,044
Zungu/Madlebe 53816 71.06 48,977
Remainder of the municipality 53813 339.73 6,630

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-three 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: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #EC8713;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="ISITHUNZI Som-Afrika Econo Fighters" |
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 72,737 74,587 147,324 63.8 30 13 43
IFP 21,937 21,512 43,449 18.8 1 12 13
DA 13,244 13,495 26,739 11.6 3 5 8
EFF 4,180 4,331 8,511 3.7 0 3 3
Independent 2,546 – 2,546 1.1 0 – 0
VF+ 492 570 1,062 0.5 0 0 0
ACDP 402 433 835 0.4 0 0 0
Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters 84 486 570 0.2 0 0 0
Total 115,622 115,414 231,036 100.0 34 33 67
Spoilt votes 1,355 1,511 2,866

References

  1. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  2. ^ "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

External links

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