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]

uMhlathuze
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
SeatRichards Bay
Wards30
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMduduzi Mhlongo
Area
 • Total793 km2 (306 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total334,459
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African87.7%
 • Coloured0.9%
 • Indian/Asian3.8%
 • White7.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu81.3%
 • English9.7%
 • Afrikaans5.1%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN282

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]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Bejani5380112.824,654
Dube5380253.9552,239
Empangeni5380314.0013,306
Esikhawini538045.9032,437
Khoza5380514.3224,172
Kwambonambi Forest Reserve5380656.58117
Mkhwanazi5380766.2922,758
Nkwanazi5380831.8625,780
Nseleni538091.308,873
Richards Bay Part 15381075.8030,605
Richards Bay Part 2538110.42382
Richards Bay Part 35381221.1913,865
Umlalazi Nature Reserve5381427.89347
Vulindlela538152.444,044
Zungu/Madlebe5381671.0648,977
Remainder of the municipality53813339.736,630

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]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 72,73774,587147,32463.8301343
Inkatha Freedom Party 21,93721,51243,44918.811213
Democratic Alliance 13,24413,49526,73911.6358
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,1804,3318,5113.7033
Independent 2,546–2,5461.10–0
Freedom Front Plus 4925701,0620.5000
African Christian Democratic Party 4024338350.4000
Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters 844865700.2000
Total 115,622115,414231,036100.0343367
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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. "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

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