Umzumbe Local Municipality

Umzumbe
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ugu
Seat	Mathulini
Wards	19
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thembinkosi Sydney Gumede
Area
• Total	1,259 km2 (486 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	160,975
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	99.6%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)[2]
• Zulu	95.9%
• Southern Ndebele	1.0%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	KZN213

Umzumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River.^[3]

Towns within the municipal boundaries: Friedenau, KwaDweshula, St Faith’s, Umzumbe.^[4]

Income levels in Umzumbe are very low, and reflect a situation of acute impoverishment. Almost 60% of all households have an income of less than R500 per month. Households rely for survival on pension and other welfare grants, migrant remittances, informal earnings and casual employment wages.^[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[6]

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 twenty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[7][8]

References

External links

• http://www.umzumbe.gov.za/
• http://umzumbe.local.gov.za/

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Coordinates: 30°37′S 30°33′E / 30.617°S 30.550°E / -30.617; 30.550