Okhahlamba Local Municipality

Okhahlamba
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E / -28.733; 29.367Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E / -28.733; 29.367
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uThukela
Seat	Bergville
Wards	14
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Vikizitha Richard Mlotshwa
Area
• Total	3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	132,068
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	97.1%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2.1%
First languages (2011)[2]
• Zulu	93.2%
• English	2.0%
• Southern Ndebele	1.2%
• Afrikaans	1.0%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	KZN235

Okhahlamba Local Municipality is a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Society and Culture

Museums, monuments and memorials

Spion Kop

British memorial at Spion Kop

Media related to Spioenkop Battlefield Memorials at Wikimedia Commons

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:^[3]

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.^[4][5]

References

1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013. 
3. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
4. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Okhahlamba". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013. 
5. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Okhahlamba". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013. 

External links

• Official website

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