Mtubatuba Local Municipality

Mtubatuba is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Mtubatuba
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMkhanyakude
SeatMtubatuba
Wards20
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorVelangenkisi Gumede
Area
 • Total1,738 km2 (671 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total175,425
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.1%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White1.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.1%
 • English2.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.3%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN275

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dukuduku State Forest53602155.88132
Dukuduku536013.516,364
Honeydale536030.62788
Mpukunyoni536049.6610,647
Msane536051.405,233
Mtubatuba536124.672,020
Nyalazi State Forest53607221.22424
Sokhulu5360836.916,450
St Lucia Estuary5361018.85134
St Lucia536092.82864
Umfolozi5361136.470
Remainder of the municipality53606211.472,136

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 obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) formed a government with the support of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
IFP 24,55824,81249,37044.910818
ANC 24,18024,21948,39944.010818
Democratic Alliance 2,1182,0894,2073.8022
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,9691,9643,9333.6011
African Independent Congress 1,2371,7693,0062.7011
Independent 962–9620.90–0
Peoples Alliance 11811820.2000
Total 55,02555,034110,059100.0202040
Spoilt votes 1,3681,5222,890

In a by-election held on 23 May 2018, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[7] In another by-election held on 12 December 2018, ANC was able to win a ward previously held by the IFP.[8] IFP won a second ward previously held by ANC in another by-election on 12 June 2019.[9] Current council composition is as seen below.

Party WardPR listTotal
IFP 11819
ANC 9817
Democratic Alliance 022
African Independent Congress 011
Economic Freedom Fighters 011
Total 202040

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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mtubatuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mtubatuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  7. "IFP wins Mtubatuba by-election". Independent Online. 29 May 2018.
  8. "ANC encouraged by outcome of municipal by-elections". Independent Online. 13 December 2018.
  9. "Mtubatuba by-election victory gives IFP upper hand". Independent Online. 13 June 2019.

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