Jozini Local Municipality

Jozini is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Significant portions of Jozini have been neglected in terms of economic development. There is a great disparity between the level of service and infrastructure provision between settlement nodes, such as the towns of Mkuze and Jozini, and the surrounding rural areas. Most of the rural area is associated with a lack of development, poverty and poor service provision.[3]

Jozini
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMkhanyakude
SeatJozini
Wards20
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorDelani Mabika (IFP)
Area
 • Total3,442 km2 (1,329 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total186,502
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu95.1%
 • English1.2%
 • Southern Ndebele1.1%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN272

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Ingwavuma533011.721,089
Jozini533120.45543
Manukuza/Jobe53303280.6518,277
Mathenjwa53304435.1326,332
Mkuze533051.041,834
Mngomezulu53306277.8218,676
Myeni/Ngwenya53307138.3410,146
Myeni/Ntsinde53308172.9116,524
Ndumu Game Reserve53309110.4372
Nyawo53310909.8568,148
Sqakatha53311238.2219,818
Remainder of the municipality53302523.022,628

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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 no party won a majority on the council. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) eventually formed a minority government, supported by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). One member of the African National Congress (ANC), which had the support of the independent councillor, is believed to have spoilt their ballot, thereby solving the 20-20 deadlock in the council.[5]

The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 28,18429,30257,48648.310919
IFP 27,54727,62855,17546.39918
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,2381,1502,3882.0011
Democratic Alliance 9358651,8001.5011
Independent 1,578–1,5781.31–1
Isithunzi Som-Afrika Econo Fighters 04204200.3000
Christian Democratic Party 272052320.2000
Total 59,50959,570119,079100.0202040
Spoilt votes 9201,0011,921

The IFP, DA and EFF later gained an outright majority following a by-election held on 4 April 2018 in which a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[8] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
IFP 10919
ANC 9918
Democratic Alliance 011
Economic Freedom Fighters 011
Independent 1–1
Total 202040

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business | Jozini Municipality". www.kzntopbusiness.co.za.
  4. "Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa".
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Jozini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Jozini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. "BREAKING: ANC loses to IFP in Jozini by-election". Zululand Observer. 5 April 2018.

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