Mthonjaneni Local Municipality

Mthonjaneni is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Mthonjaneni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	King Cetshwayo
Seat	Melmoth
Wards	6
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	William Harries
Area
• Total	1,086 km^2 (419 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	47,818
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	98.5%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.7%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	93.8%
• English	1.7%
• Southern Ndebele	1.5%
• Other	3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN285

Mthonjaneni is an isiZulu name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King Dingaan used to send his maidens to collect water for him.[4]

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]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Biyela Kwanguye	54101	8.25	1,560
Entembeni	54102	271.17	24,886
Kwanguye	54103	6.30	517
Melmoth	54104	12.10	1,816
Mnanyando	54105	17.64	3,794
Obuka	54107	22.88	1,902
Thubalethu	54108	1.34	5,137
Yanguya	54109	73.57	5,430
Remainder of the municipality	54106	672.29	5,329

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	Inkatha Freedom Party	15,553	15,561	31,114	56.6	11	3	14
	African National Congress	11,225	11,287	22,512	40.9	2	8	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	433	397	830	1.5	0	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	270	267	537	1.0	0	0	0
Total		27,481	27,512	54,993	100.0	13	12	25
Spoilt votes		466	434	900

In a by-election held on 25 July 2018, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[9] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party		Ward	PR list	Total
	Inkatha Freedom Party	12	3	15
	African National Congress	1	8	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
Total		13	12	25

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: Mthonjaneni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mthonjaneni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
9. "IFP celebrates third by-election victory as sign of reclaiming KZN". TimesLive. 26 July 2018.

External links

• http://www.mthonjaneni.org.za/