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
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	King Cetshwayo
Seat	Richards Bay
Wards	30
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mduduzi Mhlongo
Area
• Total	793 km^2 (306 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	334,459
• Density	420/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	87.7%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	3.8%
• White	7.3%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	81.3%
• English	9.7%
• Afrikaans	5.1%
• Southern Ndebele	1.2%
• Other	2.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN282

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
Bejani	53801	12.82	4,654
Dube	53802	53.95	52,239
Empangeni	53803	14.00	13,306
Esikhawini	53804	5.90	32,437
Khoza	53805	14.32	24,172
Kwambonambi Forest Reserve	53806	56.58	117
Mkhwanazi	53807	66.29	22,758
Nkwanazi	53808	31.86	25,780
Nseleni	53809	1.30	8,873
Richards Bay Part 1	53810	75.80	30,605
Richards Bay Part 2	53811	0.42	382
Richards Bay Part 3	53812	21.19	13,865
Umlalazi Nature Reserve	53814	27.89	347
Vulindlela	53815	2.44	4,044
Zungu/Madlebe	53816	71.06	48,977
Remainder of the municipality	53813	339.73	6,630

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]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	72,737	74,587	147,324	63.8	30	13	43
	Inkatha Freedom Party	21,937	21,512	43,449	18.8	1	12	13
	Democratic Alliance	13,244	13,495	26,739	11.6	3	5	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,180	4,331	8,511	3.7	0	3	3
	Independent	2,546	–	2,546	1.1	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	492	570	1,062	0.5	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	402	433	835	0.4	0	0	0
	Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters	84	486	570	0.2	0	0	0
Total		115,622	115,414	231,036	100.0	34	33	67
Spoilt votes		1,355	1,511	2,866

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.

External links

• https://www.umhlathuze.gov.za/