Nquthu Local Municipality
Nquthu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Nquthu is an isiZulu name meaning "the back of the head".[4]
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uMzinyathi |
| Seat | Nquthu |
| Wards | 17 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Nethile Mariah Zungu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,962 km2 (758 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 165,307 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 90.1% |
| • Sotho | 6.6% |
| • Other | 3.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN242 |
Isandlwana, the site of the historic Anglo-Zulu war battle which took place on 22 January 1879, is a well known tourist destination worldwide.[5]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buthanani | 52001 | 88.20 | 9,050 |
| Emandleni | 52002 | 250.76 | 8,877 |
| Godide | 52003 | 46.00 | 2,191 |
| Hlatshwayo | 52004 | 49.50 | 5,135 |
| Khiphinkunzi | 52005 | 168.71 | 26,233 |
| Mangidini | 52006 | 39.48 | 2,963 |
| Mbokodwebomvu | 52007 | 81.09 | 6,083 |
| Molefe | 52008 | 547.55 | 61,029 |
| Nondweni | 52009 | 7.61 | 7,173 |
| Nquthu | 52010 | 40.69 | 8,113 |
| Vulindlela | 52011 | 94.34 | 4,335 |
| Zondi | 52012 | 40.03 | 3,834 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) formed a government with the support of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| IFP | 19,099 | 19,554 | 38,653 | 44.1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| ANC | 17,821 | 19,018 | 36,839 | 42.0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| National Freedom Party | 2,203 | 3,021 | 5,224 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,321 | 1,313 | 2,634 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 2,479 | – | 2,479 | 2.8 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 884 | 948 | 1,832 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 43,807 | 43,854 | 87,661 | 100.0 | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| Spoilt votes | 878 | 929 | 1,807 | |||||
As of Feburury 2017, the Nquthu Local Municipality had failed, since August 2016 Local Government elections, to form a council and appoint a mayor.[9] The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube dissolved the currently elected members positions on 9 February 2017, effective from 23 February with elections to be held 25 May 2017.[9] A coalition of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) held the majority control by one seat over the ANC's coalition of seventeen seats.[9] The DA and IFP blamed the ANC for the lack of progress. The DA would welcome the MEC's decision but the IFP was not happy about it.[9]
In the special election held on 25 May 2017, the IFP won a majority of 58% of the vote and 19 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[10]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| IFP | 27,768 | 28,086 | 55,854 | 58.0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | |
| ANC | 15,751 | 15,735 | 31,486 | 32.7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,354 | 1,272 | 2,626 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Freedom Party | 1,075 | 1,039 | 2,114 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 586 | 579 | 1,165 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 489 | 414 | 903 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forum 4 Service Delivery | 311 | 268 | 579 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 161 | 172 | 333 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black First Land First | 144 | 114 | 258 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Religious Freedom Party | 131 | 122 | 253 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Academic Congress Union | 98 | 100 | 198 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Peoples Ambassadors | 109 | 82 | 191 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Convention | 88 | 57 | 145 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Mantungwa Community | 69 | 51 | 120 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 48,134 | 48,091 | 96,225 | 100.0 | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| Spoilt votes | 610 | 633 | 1,243 | |||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- South African Languages - Place names
- KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Nquthu Municipality
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nqutu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Nqutu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- Stolley, Giordano (13 February 2017). "Nquthu local municipality council to be dissolved". IOL. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- Assembled from reports downloaded from the Electoral Commission at http://www.elections.org.za/content/Elections/Municipal-by-elections-results/.
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