Newcastle Local Municipality

Newcastle
Local municipality

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Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District Amajuba
Seat Newcastle
Wards 31
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Afzul Rehman
Area
 • Total 1,855 km2 (716 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 363,236
 • Density 200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 91.9%
 • Coloured 0.8%
 • Indian/Asian 3.2%
 • White 3.9%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 85.6%
 • English 6.4%
 • Afrikaans 3.5%
 • Other 4.5%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN252

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

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Charlestown 5240118.483,204
Hlubi 52402108.1173,931
Madadeni 5240325.15116,798
Newcastle 52404199.0644,123
Ngagane 524054.901,206
Osizweni 5240615.3580,265
Remainder of the municipality 524081,483.8713,449

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty 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-three 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 45,786 47,625 93,411 53.3 28 5 33
Inkatha Freedom Party 16,415 16,397 32,812 18.7 1 11 12
National Freedom Party 7,802 7,313 15,115 8.6 0 5 5
Democratic Alliance 6,466 6,992 13,458 7.7 2 3 5
Azanian People's Organisation 3,908 3,624 7,532 4.3 0 3 3
Royal Loyal Progress 2,046 1,878 3,924 2.2 0 2 2
Federal Congress 1,716 1,575 3,291 1.9 0 1 1
Independent 1,105 – 1,105 0.6 0 – 0
Freedom Front Plus 603 408 1,011 0.6 0 0 0
Minority Front 334 560 894 0.5 0 0 0
Great Kongress of South Africa 448 350 798 0.5 0 0 0
Congress of the People 312 329 641 0.4 0 0 0
African Christian Democratic Party 322 310 632 0.4 0 0 0
United Democratic Movement 340 261 601 0.3 0 0 0
South African Determined Volunteers 68 66 134 0.1 0 0 0
Total 87,671 87,688 175,359 100.0 31 30 61
Spoilt votes 1,700 1,655 3,355

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, age in 5 year groups and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, language and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Newcastle". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Newcastle". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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Coordinates: 27°44′39″S 29°56′14″E / 27.74417°S 29.93722°E