Newcastle Local Municipality
| Newcastle | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg.png) Location in KwaZulu-Natal | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | Amajuba | |
| Seat | Newcastle | |
| Wards | 31 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Afzul Rehman | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,855 km2 (716 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 363,236 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 91.9% | |
| • Coloured | 0.8% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.2% | |
| • White | 3.9% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Zulu | 85.6% | |
| • English | 6.4% | |
| • Afrikaans | 3.5% | |
| • Other | 4.5% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN252 | |
Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown | 52401 | 18.48 | 3,204 |
| Hlubi | 52402 | 108.11 | 73,931 |
| Madadeni | 52403 | 25.15 | 116,798 |
| Newcastle | 52404 | 199.06 | 44,123 |
| Ngagane | 52405 | 4.90 | 1,206 |
| Osizweni | 52406 | 15.35 | 80,265 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 52408 | 1,483.87 | 13,449 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 45,786 | 47,625 | 93,411 | 53.3 | 28 | 5 | 33 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 16,415 | 16,397 | 32,812 | 18.7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
| National Freedom Party | 7,802 | 7,313 | 15,115 | 8.6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 6,466 | 6,992 | 13,458 | 7.7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 3,908 | 3,624 | 7,532 | 4.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Royal Loyal Progress | 2,046 | 1,878 | 3,924 | 2.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Federal Congress | 1,716 | 1,575 | 3,291 | 1.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1,105 | – | 1,105 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 603 | 408 | 1,011 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minority Front | 334 | 560 | 894 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Great Kongress of South Africa | 448 | 350 | 798 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 312 | 329 | 641 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 322 | 310 | 632 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 340 | 261 | 601 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Determined Volunteers | 68 | 66 | 134 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 87,671 | 87,688 | 175,359 | 100.0 | 31 | 30 | 61 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,700 | 1,655 | 3,355 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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