uMhlathuze Local Municipality

uMhlathuze
Local municipality

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Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uThungulu
Seat Richards Bay
Wards 30
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Zakhele Amos Mnqayi
Area
 • Total 793 km2 (306 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 334,459
 • Density 420/km2 (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 SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN282

uMhlathuze Local Municipality is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Mhlatuze River.[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Bejani 5380112.824,654
Dube 5380253.9552,239
Empangeni 5380314.0013,306
Esikhawini 538045.9032,437
Khoza 5380514.3224,172
Kwambonambi Forest Reserve 5380656.58117
Mkhwanazi 5380766.2922,758
Nkwanazi 5380831.8625,780
Nseleni 538091.308,873
Richards Bay Part 1 5381075.8030,605
Richards Bay Part 2 538110.42382
Richards Bay Part 3 5381221.1913,865
Umlalazi Nature Reserve 5381427.89347
Vulindlela 538152.444,044
Zungu/Madlebe 5381671.0648,977
Remainder of the municipality 53813339.736,630

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty 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-six 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 51,478 55,622 107,100 60.3 23 13 36
Inkatha Freedom Party 15,275 14,938 30,213 17.0 1 9 10
Democratic Alliance 8,560 9,060 17,620 9.9 4 2 6
National Freedom Party 8,551 8,246 16,797 9.4 0 6 6
Independent 3,673 – 3,673 2.1 2 – 2
Freedom Front Plus 746 288 1,034 0.6 0 0 0
African Christian Democratic Party 441 428 869 0.5 0 0 0
South African Democratic Congress 164 182 346 0.2 0 0 0
Total 88,888 88,764 177,652 100.0 30 30 60
Spoilt votes 1,259 1,546 2,805

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 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: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: uMhlathuze" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

Coordinates: 28°45′S 31°54′E / 28.750°S 31.900°E / -28.750; 31.900

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