Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.
Msunduzi Municipality is situated on the N3 highway at a junction of an industrial corridor (from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and an
agro-industrial corridor (stretching from Pietermaritzburg to Estcourt). On the regional scale, it is located at the cross section of the N3
corridor and the Greytown Road corridor to the north, a tourist route to Drakensberg and Kokstad Road to the south.[3]
The city of Pietermaritzburg is a provincial and national centre of educational excellence. Pietermaritzburg is a seat of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is home to several other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Pietermaritzburg is home to a host of private and government-owned institutions of primary and secondary education.[3] (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-seven wards, while the remaining thirty-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 forty-nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
| Party | Votes | Seats |
|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
|
African National Congress |
107,441 | 116,571 | 224,012 | 65.4 | 28 | 21 | 49 |
|
Democratic Alliance |
32,481 | 33,244 | 65,725 | 19.2 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
|
National Freedom Party |
8,690 | 8,884 | 17,574 | 5.1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
|
Inkatha Freedom Party |
7,952 | 8,144 | 16,096 | 4.7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
|
Independent |
12,160 | – | 12,160 | 3.5 | 0 | – | 0 |
|
Minority Front |
1,221 | 1,212 | 2,433 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
African Christian Democratic Party |
992 | 1,245 | 2,237 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Azanian People's Organisation |
523 | 590 | 1,113 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Congress of the People |
461 | 484 | 945 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
National Democratic Convention |
296 | 171 | 467 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total |
172,217 | 170,545 | 342,762 | 100.0 | 37 | 36 | 73 |
| Spoilt votes |
3,409 | 4,073 | 7,482 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|
| Ashdown | 51101 | 3.03 | 13,531 |
| Edendale | 51102 | 50.53 | 79,573 |
| Imbali | 51103 | 23.40 | 79,115 |
| Inadi | 51104 | 87.25 | 34,131 |
| Mafunze | 51105 | 60.55 | 36,186 |
| Mpumuza | 51106 | 97.56 | 55,260 |
| Nxamalala | 51108 | 12.94 | 14,417 |
| Pietermaritzburg | 51109 | 160.99 | 223,519 |
| Sobantu | 51110 | 1.07 | 8,155 |
| Wilgerfontein | 51111 | 0.43 | 1,073 |
| Ximba | 51112 | 5.51 | 2,947 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 51107 | 144.53 | 5,315 |
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Integrated Development Plan - May 2009. Msunduzi Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 7, 2009.
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Msunduzi". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Msunduzi". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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