uMdoni Local Municipality

uMdoni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umdoni is an isiZulu name for the indigenous tree, Mdoni (Syzgium gerrardi).[4]

Umdoni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ugu
Seat	Scottburgh
Wards	19
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thabani W Dube
Area
• Total	252 km^2 (97 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	78,875
• Density	310/km^2 (810/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	76.7%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	13.3%
• White	8.5%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	67.0%
• English	23.0%
• Xhosa	4.9%
• Afrikaans	2.4%
• Other	2.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN212

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Bazley Beach	50201	1.36	193
Cele	50202	25.55	12,338
Elysium	50203	1.58	163
Emalangeni	50204	20.69	9,962
Ezembeni	50205	24.62	9,872
Ifafa Beach	50206	0.49	234
Ifafa Marina	50207	0.5	217
Kelso	50208	5.93	1,178
Mtwalume	50209	2.84	368
Park Rynie	50210	7.78	2,923
Pennington	50211	2.47	1,278
Scottburgh	50212	5.38	3,107
Sezela	50213	7.36	1,604
Umzinto	50215	12.5	1,4720
Remainder of the municipality	50214	118.87	4,138

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	24,471	25,959	50,430	60.0	16	7	23
	Democratic Alliance	7,210	7,487	14,697	17.5	2	5	7
	Inkatha Freedom Party	3,798	3,763	7,561	9.0	0	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,321	1,319	2,640	3.1	0	1	1
	Allied Movement for Change	1,274	1,106	2,380	2.8	1	0	1
	Independent	1,938	–	1,938	2.3	0	–	0
	African Independent Congress	694	887	1,581	1.9	0	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	687	648	1,335	1.6	0	1	1
	African Mantungwa Community	470	568	1,038	1.2	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	183	221	404	0.5	0	0	0
Total		42,046	41,958	84,004	100.0	19	18	37
Spoilt votes		1,207	1,314	2,521

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umdoni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Umdoni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

External links

• http://www.umdoni.gov.za/