Mthonjaneni Local Municipality

Mthonjaneni is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Mthonjaneni
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
SeatMelmoth
Wards6
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorWilliam Harries
Area
  Total1,086 km2 (419 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total47,818
  Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African98.5%
  Coloured0.4%
  Indian/Asian0.2%
  White0.7%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu93.8%
  English1.7%
  Southern Ndebele1.5%
  Other3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN285

Mthonjaneni is an isiZulu name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King Dingaan used to send his maidens to collect water for him.[4]

The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it.[5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Biyela Kwanguye541018.251,560
Entembeni54102271.1724,886
Kwanguye541036.30517
Melmoth5410412.101,816
Mnanyando5410517.643,794
Obuka5410722.881,902
Thubalethu541081.345,137
Yanguya5410973.575,430
Remainder of the municipality54106672.295,329

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
IFP 15,55315,56131,11456.611314
ANC 11,22511,28722,51240.92810
Economic Freedom Fighters 4333978301.5011
Democratic Alliance 2702675371.0000
Total 27,48127,51254,993100.0131225
Spoilt votes 466434900

In a by-election held on 25 July 2018, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[9] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
IFP 12315
ANC 189
Economic Freedom Fighters 011
Total 131225

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. "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mthonjaneni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mthonjaneni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  9. "IFP celebrates third by-election victory as sign of reclaiming KZN". TimesLive. 26 July 2018.

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