uMhlathuze Local 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.[4]
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | King Cetshwayo |
| Seat | Richards Bay |
| Wards | 30 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mduduzi Mhlongo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 793 km2 (306 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 334,459 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 87.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.8% |
| • White | 7.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 81.3% |
| • English | 9.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.1% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.2% |
| • Other | 2.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN282 |
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.[5]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| 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.[7][8]
| 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 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 13,244 | 13,495 | 26,739 | 11.6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,180 | 4,331 | 8,511 | 3.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent | 2,546 | – | 2,546 | 1.1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 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
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- South African Languages - Place names
- "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
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