UMshwathi Local Municipality
| uMshwathi | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | uMgungundlovu | |
| Seat | Wartburg | |
| Wards | 13 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | B.M. Gwala (ANC) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,818 km2 (702 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 106,374 | |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 95.1% | |
| • Coloured | 0.2% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.7% | |
| • White | 2.7% | |
| First languages (2011)[2] | ||
| • Zulu | 89.6% | |
| • English | 4.9% | |
| • Sotho | 1.1% | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.0% | |
| • Other | 3.4% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN221 | |
uMshwathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
The municipality is named after the uMshwathi River that runs through the municipal area.[3]
In the 1850s, missionaries and colonists from Germany settled in the region along with their families. The area includes towns of German heritage, such as Wartburg, Harburg, Kirchdorf, New Hanover, Lillienthal, Schroeders and Hermannsburg.[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Falls | 50701 | 3.52 | 313 |
| Bomvu | 50702 | 6.61 | 590 |
| Cool Air | 50703 | 1.01 | 2,112 |
| Dalton | 50704 | 1.35 | 799 |
| Gcumisa | 50705 | 175.86 | 38,579 |
| Mpolweni | 50706 | 21.69 | 6,148 |
| Mthuli | 50707 | 59.14 | 10,925 |
| Nadi Part 1 | 50708 | 4.91 | 1,393 |
| Nadi Part 2 | 50717 | 9.48 | 646 |
| Ndlovu | 50709 | 6.06 | 1,206 |
| New Hanover | 50710 | 2.25 | 1,991 |
| Ngubane | 50711 | 40.89 | 6,498 |
| Ntanzi | 50712 | 32.28 | 2,201 |
| Thokozane | 50713 | 2.12 | 2,966 |
| Trust Feed | 50714 | 2.13 | 5,242 |
| Wartburg | 50716 | 1.87 | 905 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 50715 | 1,438.11 | 25,504 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 nineteen 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 | 22,698 | 24,254 | 46,952 | 72.4 | 13 | 6 | 19 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 3,415 | 3,418 | 6,833 | 10.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| National Freedom Party | 2,028 | 2,077 | 4,105 | 6.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,981 | 2,072 | 4,053 | 6.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent | 1,511 | – | 1,511 | 2.3 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 366 | 352 | 718 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 391 | 255 | 646 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 32,390 | 32,428 | 64,818 | 100.0 | 13 | 13 | 26 | |
| Spoilt votes | 758 | 782 | 1,540 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Mayor". UMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ "uMshwathi Municipality". uMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umshwathi". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Umshwathi". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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Coordinates: 29°25′53″S 30°34′50″E / 29.43139°S 30.58056°E