The Big Five False Bay Local Municipality

The Big Five False Bay was an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Big Five False Bay
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°01′S 32°16′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMkhanyakude
SeatHluhluwe
Wards4
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorThembitshe Comfort Khumalo
Area
 • Total2,121 km2 (819 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total35,258
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African95.8%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White3.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.2%
 • English2.0%
 • Afrikaans1.5%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Other2.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN273

The municipality was named after the Big Five animals (Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Cape Buffalo and Rhino) which are found in the game reserves that are located in the area e.g. the Hluhluwe game reserve, the Mfolozi game reserve and the Khinda game reserve. False Bay is part of the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park and it forms part of the newly established municipality.[4]

After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Hlabisa5340130.0130
Hluhluwe Township534030.781,261
Hluhluwe534027.11992
Makhasa5340472.2910,314
Mdletshe5340530.756
Mnqobokazi53406111.287,953
Nibela5340799.988,423
Remainder of the municipality53408809.112,134

Politics

The municipal council consisted of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority, and the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 4,2524,3348,58642.9213
Inkatha Freedom Party 4,0624,1108,17240.9213
National Freedom Party 1,5261,4582,98414.9011
African Christian Democratic Party 159982571.3000
Total 9,99910,00019,999100.0437
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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. "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: The Big 5 False Bay" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: The Big 5 False Bay" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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