Jozini Local Municipality

Jozini is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Significant portions of Jozini have been neglected in terms of economic development. There is a great disparity between the level of service and infrastructure provision between settlement nodes, such as the towns of Mkuze and Jozini, and the surrounding rural areas. Most of the rural area is associated with a lack of development, poverty and poor service provision.[3]

Jozini
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMkhanyakude
Seat	Jozini
Wards	20
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Delani Mabika (IFP)
Area
• Total	3,442 km^2 (1,329 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	186,502
• Density	54/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.3%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Zulu	95.1%
• English	1.2%
• Southern Ndebele	1.1%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN272

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Ingwavuma	53301	1.72	1,089
Jozini	53312	0.45	543
Manukuza/Jobe	53303	280.65	18,277
Mathenjwa	53304	435.13	26,332
Mkuze	53305	1.04	1,834
Mngomezulu	53306	277.82	18,676
Myeni/Ngwenya	53307	138.34	10,146
Myeni/Ntsinde	53308	172.91	16,524
Ndumu Game Reserve	53309	110.43	72
Nyawo	53310	909.85	68,148
Sqakatha	53311	238.22	19,818
Remainder of the municipality	53302	523.02	2,628

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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 no party won a majority on the council. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) eventually formed a minority government, supported by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). One member of the African National Congress (ANC), which had the support of the independent councillor, is believed to have spoilt their ballot, thereby solving the 20-20 deadlock in the council.[5]

The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	28,184	29,302	57,486	48.3	10	9	19
	IFP	27,547	27,628	55,175	46.3	9	9	18
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,238	1,150	2,388	2.0	0	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	935	865	1,800	1.5	0	1	1
	Independent	1,578	–	1,578	1.3	1	–	1
	Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters	0	420	420	0.3	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	27	205	232	0.2	0	0	0
Total		59,509	59,570	119,079	100.0	20	20	40
Spoilt votes		920	1,001	1,921

The IFP, DA and EFF later gained an outright majority following a by-election held on 4 April 2018 in which a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[8] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party		Ward	PR list	Total
	IFP	10	9	19
	ANC	9	9	18
	Democratic Alliance	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
	Independent	1	–	1
Total		20	20	40

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business | Jozini Municipality". www.kzntopbusiness.co.za.
4. "Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa".
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Jozini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Jozini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
8. "BREAKING: ANC loses to IFP in Jozini by-election". Zululand Observer. 5 April 2018.

External links

• Jozini Municipality - Jozini Municipality Home Page