Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality

Ray Nkonyeni
Ray Nkonyeni
	Local municipality
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ugu
Seat	Port Shepstone
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Nomusa Mqwebu (ANC)
Area [2]
• Total	1,487 km2 (574 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	308,675
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN216

Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities. There is not much development or progress reported in this newly merged municipality.

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five 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-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	68,387	67,021	135,408	66.3	27	20	47
	Democratic Alliance	20,082	20,075	40,157	19.7	9	5	14
	Inkatha Freedom Party	7,850	7,431	15,281	7.5	0	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,380	3,335	6,715	3.3	0	2	2
	African Independent Congress	797	3,216	4,013	2.0	0	2	2
	Independent	1,359	–	1,359	0.7	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	623	729	1,352	0.7	0	1	1
Total		102,478	101,807	204,285	100.0	36	35	71
Spoilt votes		1,937	2,171	4,108

References

"Political Management: Mayor". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Ezinqoleni, Hibiscus Coast.
"Results Summary – All Ballots: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
"Seat Calculation Detail: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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[mayor-1] "Political Management: Mayor". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

[census-2] Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Ezinqoleni, Hibiscus Coast.

[3] "Results Summary – All Ballots: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[4] "Seat Calculation Detail: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.