Msunduzi Local Municipality

Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.

Msunduzi
Local municipality
Seal
Location of Msunduzi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMgungundlovu
SeatPietermaritzburg
Wards37
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor(ANC)
Area
 • Total634 km2 (245 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total618,536
 • Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African81.1%
 • Coloured2.9%
 • Indian/Asian9.8%
 • White6.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu72.4%
 • English19.0%
 • Afrikaans1.9%
 • Xhosa1.9%
 • Other4.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN225

Msunduzi Municipality is situated on the N3 highway at a junction of an industrial corridor (from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and an agro-industrial corridor (stretching from Pietermaritzburg to Estcourt). On the regional scale, it is located at the cross section of the N3 corridor and the Greytown Road corridor to the north, a tourist route to Drakensberg and Kokstad Road to the south.[3]

The city of Pietermaritzburg is a provincial and national centre of educational excellence. Pietermaritzburg is a seat of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is home to several other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Pietermaritzburg is home to a host of private and government-owned institutions of primary and secondary education.[3] (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine 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 fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 147,297146,938294,23566.1302252
Democratic Alliance 42,73242,86585,59719.29615
IFP 14,88614,71229,5986.7055
Economic Freedom Fighters 9,3448,92718,2714.1033
African Independent Congress 1,5824,8486,4301.4011
Independent 4,034–4,0340.90–0
ACDP 9139461,8590.4011
Al Jama-ah 9086531,5610.4011
African People's Convention 4577731,2300.3000
Minority Front 6235851,2080.3000
Peoples Alliance 1462664120.1000
Congress of the People 1262774030.1000
Azanian People's Organisation 1172543710.1000
Total 223,165222,044445,209100.0393978
Spoilt votes 4,3994,4748,873

Mayors
  • Hloni Glenford Zondi, ?-2006 [6]
  • Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 [6][7]
  • Mike Tarr, May 2010-? [8]
  • Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 [9]
  • Themba Njilo, 2016–present[10][11]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[12]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Ashdown511013.0313,531
Edendale5110250.5379,573
Imbali5110323.4079,115
Inadi5110487.2534,131
Mafunze5110560.5536,186
Mpumuza5110697.5655,260
Nxamalala5110812.9414,417
Pietermaritzburg51109160.99223,519
Sobantu511101.078,155
Wilgerfontein511110.431,073
Ximba511125.512,947
Remainder of the municipality51107144.535,315

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. Integrated Development Plan - May 2009. Msunduzi Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 7, 2009.
  4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. "Hlatshwayo snatches mayorship from Zondi". Iol.co.za. 16 March 2006.
  7. "Msunduzi.gov.za". Msunduzi Municipality. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
  8. "MEC fires official for 13 charges". Iol.co.za. 21 January 2011.
  9. "Tough year for Msunduzi Municipality". Iol.co.za. 23 December 2011.
  10. "Njilo to run for mayor". News24.com. 20 June 2016.
  11. "'There will be no aloof councillors'-Njilo". Maritzburgsun.co.za. 24 August 2016.
  12. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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