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
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Zululand
Seat	Paulpietersburg
Wards	8
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	M. B. Nxusa
Area
• Total	1,943 km^2 (750 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	82,053
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	97.8%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	1.8%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	93.5%
• English	1.3%
• Southern Ndebele	1.2%
• Afrikaans	1.1%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN261

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]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Bilanyoni	52701	294.31	41,289
Dumbe	52702	2.67	6,942
Mthethwa	52704	69.25	9,471
Paulpietersburg	52705	2.20	1,462
Pongola Bush Nature Reserve	52706	8.75	197
Remainder of the municipality	52703	1,570.30	22,868

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]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	11,308	11,512	22,820	50.7	7	1	8
	Democratic Alliance	6,542	6,640	13,182	29.3	1	4	5
	Inkatha Freedom Party	3,422	3,593	7,015	15.6	0	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	466	413	879	1.9	0	0	0
	Independent	524	–	524	1.2	0	–	0
	African People's Convention	183	186	369	0.8	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	104	160	264	0.6	0	0	0
Total		22,549	22,504	45,053	100.0	8	8	16
Spoilt votes		328	373	701

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.

External links

• http://www.edumbe.gov.za/