Okhahlamba Local Municipality

This large battlefield located some 30 km outside Ladysmith contains the mass graves of British soldiers, individual graves as well as a number of memorials, including a Boer memorial, British memorial, South Lancashire memorial and Imperial Light Infantry memorial.

Nature reserves

Spioenkop Nature Reserve

25 kilometres (16 mi) from Ladysmith is one of South Africa’s popular wildlife sanctuaries, Spioenkop Nature Reserve. This 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) reserve is home to animals such as the rhino, giraffe and zebra. The sporting activities that Spioenkop offers include hiking, horse riding, angling, yachting, water-skiing and power boating. Spioenkop is also supplies other parts of Gauteng with water because in Gauteng there is a shortage of water.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population
Amangwane	51701	737.10	67,829
Amazizi	51702	95.71	16,010
Bergville Part 1	51703	80.11	27,670
Bergville Part 2	51715	2.53	702
Drakensberg	51704	0.40	75
Driefontein, KwaZulu-Natal	51705	1.41	231
Estcourt	51706	4.79	988
Geluksburg	51707	1.08	209
Jagersrust	51708	0.63	199
Northern Natal Drakensberg	51709	142.17	3
Rugged Glen Nature Reserve	51711	7.66	15
Spioenkop Dam Nature Reserve	51712	41.63	48
Van Reenen	51713	0.48	78
Winterton	51714	1.81	2,186
Remainder of the municipality	51710	2,365.82	21,277

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 no party obtained a majority; the African National Congress won thirteen seats, the Inkatha Freedom Party eight, and the National Freedom Party six. The ANC and NFP formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.^[5]^[6]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	14,674	15,126	29,800	45.3	10	3	13
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,918	8,777	17,695	26.9	3	5	8
	National Freedom Party	7,490	7,272	14,762	22.5	1	5	6
	Democratic Alliance	1,261	1,200	2,461	3.7	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	242	297	539	0.8	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	192	186	378	0.6	0	0	0
	Independent	107	–	107	0.2	0	–	0
Total		32,884	32,858	65,742	100.0	14	14	28
Spoilt votes		685	683	1,368

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: Okhahlamba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Okhahlamba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

Official website

Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal

Metropolitan

eThekwini (Durban)

District
and local

Ugu	Ray Nkonyeni uMdoni uMuziwabantu Umzumbe Vulamehlo

Umgungundlovu	Impendle Mkhambathini Mpofana Msunduzi Richmond uMngeni uMshwathi

Uthukela	Alfred Duma Inkosi Langalibalele Okhahlamba

Umzinyathi	Endumeni Msinga Nquthu Umvoti

Amajuba	Dannhauser eMadlangeni Newcastle

Zululand	Abaqulusi eDumbe Nongoma Ulundi uPhongolo

Umkhanyakude	Big Five Hlabisa Jozini Mtubatuba uMhlabuyalingana

uThungulu	uMfolozi Mthonjaneni Nkandla Ntambanana uMhlathuze uMlalazi

iLembe	KwaDukuza Mandeni Maphumulo Ndwedwe

Harry Gwala	Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Greater Kokstad Ubuhlebezwe Umzimkhulu

List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal

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