uMshwathi Local Municipality

uMshwathi
Local municipality

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Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
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)[3]
 • 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.[4]

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.[5]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Albert Falls 507013.52313
Bomvu 507026.61590
Cool Air 507031.012,112
Dalton 507041.35799
Gcumisa 50705175.8638,579
Mpolweni 5070621.696,148
Mthuli 5070759.1410,925
Nadi Part 1 507084.911,393
Nadi Part 2 507179.48646
Ndlovu 507096.061,206
New Hanover 507102.251,991
Ngubane 5071140.896,498
Ntanzi 5071232.282,201
Thokozane 507132.122,966
Trust Feed 507142.135,242
Wartburg 507161.87905
Remainder of the municipality 507151,438.1125,504

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 26,120 27,196 53,316 72.7 14 6 20
Inkatha Freedom Party 4,336 4,401 8,737 11.9 0 4 4
Democratic Alliance 2,924 3,074 5,998 8.2 0 2 2
Independent 2,454 – 2,454 3.3 0 – 0
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,096 1,291 2,387 3.3 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 157 319 476 0.7 0 0 0
Total 37,087 36,281 73,368 100.0 14 13 27
Spoilt votes 717 1,317 2,034

References

  1. ↑ "Mayor". UMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ "uMshwathi Municipality". uMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umshwathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Umshwathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

Coordinates: 29°25′53″S 30°34′50″E / 29.43139°S 30.58056°E / -29.43139; 30.58056

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