uMuziwabantu Local Municipality

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

uMuziwabantu
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUgu
SeatHarding
Wards10
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorDumile Abednigo Ngubo
Area
 • Total1,089 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total96,556
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.9%
 • Coloured1.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White0.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu88.2%
 • Xhosa4.9%
 • English2.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.3%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN214

Umuziwabantu is an isiZulu name meaning "the people's home", or a home with wide open doors where everyone is welcome.[4]

The main source of income for the area is derived from the municipality’s extensive wattle, gum, pine and poplar plantations, and associated industries, including saw mills and furniture-making factories.[5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dlamini50401100.827,802
Duma5040223.222,303
Harding5040332.635,236
Machi5040419.472,932
Machi/Zibonda50405206.6347,252
Mbotho5040661.66,634
Nhlangano5040789.8514,395
Nyuswa50408266
Quebela504090.771,110
Shwawu504104.741,069
Weza504121.03579
Remainder of the municipality50411545.762,971

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 fourteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 19,85220,10639,95871.69514
IFP 6,0775,88111,95821.4134
Democratic Alliance 1,0551,0412,0963.7011
Economic Freedom Fighters 9268901,8163.3011
Total 27,91027,91855,828100.0101020
Spoilt votes 6536711,324

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 - uMuziwabantu Municipality
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umuziwabantu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Umuziwabantu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

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