uMshwathi Local Municipality

uMshwathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

uMshwathi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMgungundlovu
SeatWartburg
Wards13
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorM. Zondi (ANC)
Area
 • Total1,818 km2 (702 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total106,374
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African95.1%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian1.7%
 • White2.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu89.6%
 • English4.9%
 • Sotho1.1%
 • Southern Ndebele1.0%
 • Other3.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN221

The municipality is named after the uMshwathi River that runs through the municipal area.[4]

In the 1850s, missionaries and colonists from Germany settled in the region along with their families. The area includes towns of German heritage, such as Wartburg, Harburg, Kirchdorf, New Hanover, Lillienthal, Schroeders and Hermannsburg.[5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Albert Falls507013.52313
Bomvu507026.61590
Cool Air507031.012,112
Dalton507041.35799
Gcumisa50705175.8638,579
Mpolweni5070621.696,148
Mthuli5070759.1410,925
Nadi Part 1507084.911,393
Nadi Part 2507179.48646
Ndlovu507096.061,206
New Hanover507102.251,991
Ngubane5071140.896,498
Ntanzi5071232.282,201
Thokozane507132.122,966
Trust Feed507142.135,242
Wartburg507161.87905
Remainder of the municipality507151,438.1125,504

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 twenty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 26,12027,19653,31672.714620
IFP 4,3364,4018,73711.9044
Democratic Alliance 2,9243,0745,9988.2022
Independent 2,454–2,4543.30–0
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,0961,2912,3873.3011
ACDP 1573194760.7000
Total 37,08736,28173,368100.0141327
Spoilt votes 7171,3172,034

References
  1. "Mayor". UMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  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. "uMshwathi Municipality". uMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umshwathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Umshwathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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