Maphumulo Local Municipality

Maphumulo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Maphumulo is an isiZulu name meaning "place of rest".[4]

Maphumulo
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictiLembe
SeatMaphumulo
Wards11
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorZibuyisile Fortunate Khuzwayo-Dlamini (ANC)
Area
 • Total896 km2 (346 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total96,724
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.7%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu95.4%
 • Southern Ndebele1.4%
 • English1.2%
 • Other2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN294

The municipality is predominantly rural, comprising mostly tribal land, which is administered by the Ingonyama Trust on behalf of local communities.[5] Sugar-cane cultivation is the predominant economic activity and land use in the municipality. Subsistence agricultural activities in the form of small cropping areas attached to traditional family units dominate land usage.[5]

The only major town in the municipality is Maphumulo.[6]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[7]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amabhedu5460127.756,159
Cele5460221.801,201
Embo5460338.964,704
Hlongwa5460433.887,044
Mabomvini54605118.3913,850
Mkhonto54606255.7635,208
Mpungose546079.62949
Ngcolosi54608177.9319,370
Nodunga5460958.953,959
Qadi5461030.285,710
Qwabe/Waterfall5461180.5016,906
Zubane5461241.255,594

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 thirteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[8][9]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 17,02517,42734,45256.57613
IFP 12,14212,12024,26239.8459
Economic Freedom Fighters 4194358541.4000
Democratic Alliance 2872865730.9000
Ubumbano Lwesizwe Sabangoni 1872484350.7000
Independent 360–3600.60–0
Total 30,42030,51660,936100.0111122
Spoilt votes 453470923

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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Maphumulo Municipality
  6. Provincial Profile 2004, KwaZulu-Natal, Statistics South Africa
  7. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  8. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Maphumulo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  9. "Seat Calculation Detail: Maphumulo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

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