eDumbe Local Municipality

eDumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Zululand District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Dumbe mountain.[4]

eDumbe
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictZululand
SeatPaulpietersburg
Wards8
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorM. B. Nxusa
Area
 • Total1,943 km2 (750 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total82,053
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.8%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White1.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.5%
 • English1.3%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Afrikaans1.1%
 • Other2.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN261

Only 23% of the municipality’s population live in an urban area while 77% live in the rural hinterland of the municipality. This factor has severe implications on actual service delivery and the cost thereof. Most settlements developed organically and are unplanned, lack basic services and facilities and provide limited opportunities for economic development.[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Bilanyoni52701294.3141,289
Dumbe527022.676,942
Mthethwa5270469.259,471
Paulpietersburg527052.201,462
Pongola Bush Nature Reserve527068.75197
Remainder of the municipality527031,570.3022,868

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining eight 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 council majority. Siyabonga Kunene of the African National Congress (ANC) was subsequently elected mayor and Nyanga Ndlangamandla of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) was elected deputy mayor. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 11,30811,51222,82050.7718
Democratic Alliance 6,5426,64013,18229.3145
Inkatha Freedom Party 3,4223,5937,01515.6033
Economic Freedom Fighters 4664138791.9000
Independent 524–5241.20–0
African People's Convention 1831863690.8000
Freedom Front Plus 1041602640.6000
Total 22,54922,50445,053100.08816
Spoilt votes 328373701
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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. South African Languages - Place names
  5. "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - èDumbe Municipality". Archived from the original on 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Edumbe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Edumbe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

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