Msunduzi Local Municipality

Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.

Msunduzi
Local municipality
Seal
Location of Msunduzi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMgungundlovu
Seat	Pietermaritzburg
Wards	37
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	(ANC)
Area
• Total	634 km^2 (245 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	618,536
• Density	980/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	81.1%
• Coloured	2.9%
• Indian/Asian	9.8%
• White	6.0%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Zulu	72.4%
• English	19.0%
• Afrikaans	1.9%
• Xhosa	1.9%
• Other	4.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN225

Msunduzi Municipality is situated on the N3 highway at a junction of an industrial corridor (from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and an agro-industrial corridor (stretching from Pietermaritzburg to Estcourt). On the regional scale, it is located at the cross section of the N3 corridor and the Greytown Road corridor to the north, a tourist route to Drakensberg and Kokstad Road to the south.[3]

The city of Pietermaritzburg is a provincial and national centre of educational excellence. Pietermaritzburg is a seat of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is home to several other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Pietermaritzburg is home to a host of private and government-owned institutions of primary and secondary education.[3] (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine 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 fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	147,297	146,938	294,235	66.1	30	22	52
	Democratic Alliance	42,732	42,865	85,597	19.2	9	6	15
	Inkatha Freedom Party	14,886	14,712	29,598	6.7	0	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	9,344	8,927	18,271	4.1	0	3	3
	African Independent Congress	1,582	4,848	6,430	1.4	0	1	1
	Independent	4,034	–	4,034	0.9	0	–	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	913	946	1,859	0.4	0	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	908	653	1,561	0.4	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	457	773	1,230	0.3	0	0	0
	Minority Front	623	585	1,208	0.3	0	0	0
	Peoples Alliance	146	266	412	0.1	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	126	277	403	0.1	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	117	254	371	0.1	0	0	0
Total		223,165	222,044	445,209	100.0	39	39	78
Spoilt votes		4,399	4,474	8,873

Mayors

• Hloni Glenford Zondi, ?-2006 [6]
• Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 [6][7]
• Mike Tarr, May 2010-? [8]
• Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 [9]
• Themba Njilo, 2016–present[10][11]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[12]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Ashdown	51101	3.03	13,531
Edendale	51102	50.53	79,573
Imbali	51103	23.40	79,115
Inadi	51104	87.25	34,131
Mafunze	51105	60.55	36,186
Mpumuza	51106	97.56	55,260
Nxamalala	51108	12.94	14,417
Pietermaritzburg	51109	160.99	223,519
Sobantu	51110	1.07	8,155
Wilgerfontein	51111	0.43	1,073
Ximba	51112	5.51	2,947
Remainder of the municipality	51107	144.53	5,315

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. Integrated Development Plan - May 2009. Msunduzi Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 7, 2009.
4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
6. "Hlatshwayo snatches mayorship from Zondi". Iol.co.za. 16 March 2006.
7. "Msunduzi.gov.za". Msunduzi Municipality. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
8. "MEC fires official for 13 charges". Iol.co.za. 21 January 2011.
9. "Tough year for Msunduzi Municipality". Iol.co.za. 23 December 2011.
10. "Njilo to run for mayor". News24.com. 20 June 2016.
11. "'There will be no aloof councillors'-Njilo". Maritzburgsun.co.za. 24 August 2016.
12. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa

External links

• Official website