Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality is a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is accessible from the N3 and N11 national highways.
The town of Ladysmith is the economic hub of the municipality; it accommodates the municipal offices, major schools, main police station and magistrates court, as well as a variety of commercial, industrial, and retail outlets.[3]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
Abantungwa/Kholwa | 51401 | 245.25 | 57,273 | Zulu |
Colenso | 51402 | 4.90 | 4,476 | Zulu |
Ezakheni | 51404 | 39.00 | 59,943 | Zulu |
Kliprivier NU | 51406 | 2.80 | 381 | Zulu |
Kliprivier | 51405 | 107.21 | 27,696 | Zulu |
Ladysmith | 51407 | 91.97 | 41,425 | Zulu |
Mchunu | 51408 | 34.42 | 2,301 | Zulu |
Mthembu | 51409 | 80.70 | 6,920 | Zulu |
Mvelani | 51410 | 2.43 | 11,898 | Zulu |
Nkankezi | 51411 | 4.86 | 824 | Zulu |
Remainder of the municipality | 51403 | 2,350.72 | 12,316 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six 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-four 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 |
38,323 | 39,333 | 77,656 | 63.4 | 25 | 9 | 34 |
|
Inkatha Freedom Party |
9,698 | 9,475 | 19,173 | 15.6 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
|
National Freedom Party |
6,978 | 6,630 | 13,608 | 11.1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
|
Democratic Alliance |
4,746 | 4,664 | 9,410 | 7.7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
|
Minority Front |
662 | 507 | 1,169 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
African Christian Democratic Party |
348 | 318 | 666 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Azanian People's Organisation |
101 | 207 | 308 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Congress of the People |
96 | 146 | 242 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Independent |
192 | – | 192 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 |
|
National Democratic Convention |
79 | 37 | 116 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total |
61,223 | 61,317 | 122,540 | 100.0 | 27 | 26 | 53 |
Spoilt votes |
994 | 894 | 1,888 |
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ Integrated Development Plan 2007/2008. Emnambithi-Ladysmith Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 10, 2009.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emnambithi/Ladysmith". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Emnambithi/Ladysmith". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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