Mtubatuba Local Municipality
| Mtubatuba | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
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.svg.png) Location in KwaZulu-Natal | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | uMkhanyakude | |
| Seat | Mtubatuba | |
| Wards | 19 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Christopher George Swartz | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,738 km2 (671 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 175,425 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 98.1% | |
| • Coloured | 0.4% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 1.1% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Zulu | 93.1% | |
| • English | 2.9% | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.3% | |
| • Other | 2.7% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN275 | |
Mtubatuba is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dukuduku State Forest | 53602 | 155.88 | 132 |
| Dukuduku | 53601 | 3.51 | 6,364 |
| Honeydale | 53603 | 0.62 | 788 |
| Mpukunyoni | 53604 | 9.66 | 10,647 |
| Msane | 53605 | 1.40 | 5,233 |
| Mtubatuba | 53612 | 4.67 | 2,020 |
| Nyalazi State Forest | 53607 | 221.22 | 424 |
| Sokhulu | 53608 | 36.91 | 6,450 |
| St Lucia Estuary | 53610 | 18.85 | 134 |
| St Lucia | 53609 | 2.82 | 864 |
| Umfolozi | 53611 | 36.47 | 0 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 53606 | 211.47 | 2,136 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 24,558 | 24,812 | 49,370 | 44.9 | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| African National Congress | 24,180 | 24,219 | 48,399 | 44.0 | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,118 | 2,089 | 4,207 | 3.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,969 | 1,964 | 3,933 | 3.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 1,237 | 1,769 | 3,006 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 962 | – | 962 | 0.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Peoples Alliance | 1 | 181 | 182 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 55,025 | 55,034 | 110,059 | 100.0 | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,368 | 1,522 | 2,890 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mtubatuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mtubatuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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Coordinates: 28°25′S 32°11′E / 28.417°S 32.183°E