Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality

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Ray Nkonyeni
Local municipality (isigodi/borough)
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Ray Nkonyeni highlighted (2016).svg
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
District(isifunda/county)Ugu
SeatPort Shepstone
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNomusa Mqwebu (ANC)
Area
[2]
 • Total1,487 km2 (574 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total308,675
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN216

Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities.

Politics[]

Main article: Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five 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 forty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 68,387 67,021 135,408 66.3 27 20 47
Democratic Alliance 20,082 20,075 40,157 19.7 9 5 14
IFP 7,850 7,431 15,281 7.5 0 5 5
EFF 3,380 3,335 6,715 3.3 0 2 2
African Independent Congress 797 3,216 4,013 2.0 0 2 2
Independent 1,359 – 1,359 0.7 0 – 0
Freedom Front Plus 623 729 1,352 0.7 0 1 1
Total 102,478 101,807 204,285 100.0 36 35 71
Spoilt votes 1,937 2,171 4,108

References[]

  1. ^ "Political Management: Mayor". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Ezinqoleni, Hibiscus Coast.
  3. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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