Newcastle Local Municipality

Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Newcastle
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Amajuba
Seat	Newcastle
Wards	34
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
Area
• Total	1,855 km^2 (716 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	363,236
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	91.9%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	3.2%
• White	3.9%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	85.6%
• English	6.4%
• Afrikaans	3.5%
• Other	4.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN252

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Charlestown	52401	18.48	3,204
Hlubi	52402	108.11	73,931
Madadeni	52403	25.15	116,798
Newcastle	52404	199.06	44,123
Ngagane	52405	4.90	1,206
Osizweni	52406	15.35	80,265
Remainder of the municipality	52408	1,483.87	13,449

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-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	63,352	66,149	129,501	61.2	32	9	41
	IFP	18,210	17,298	35,508	16.8	0	11	11
	Democratic Alliance	9,587	9,993	19,580	9.3	2	4	6
	Economic Freedom Fighters	8,074	8,128	16,202	7.7	0	5	5
	Royal Loyal Progress	1,522	1,437	2,959	1.4	0	1	1
	Independent	2,379	–	2,379	1.1	0	–	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	813	801	1,614	0.8	0	1	1
	People's Revolutionary Movement	721	850	1,571	0.7	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	774	764	1,538	0.6	0	1	1
	ACDP	376	381	757	0.4	0	0	0
Total		105,808	105,801	211,609	100.0	34	33	67
Spoilt votes		1,849	1,821	3,670

In a by-election held on 5 April 2017, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[7] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party		Ward	PR list	Total
	ANC	31	9	40
	IFP	0	11	11
	Democratic Alliance	2	4	6
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	5	5
	Azanian People's Organisation	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	0	1	1
	Independent	1	–	1
	People's Revolutionary Movement	0	1	1
	Royal Loyal Progress	0	1	1
Total		34	33	67

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: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
7. "Results of the Municipal By-Elections held on 05 April 2017". Electoral Commission of South Africa. 6 April 2017. furthermore an independent candidate won a seat previously held by the African National Congress

External links

• http://www.newcastle.gov.za/