uMdoni Local Municipality
Umdoni | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Ugu |
| Seat | Scottburgh |
| Wards | 19 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Thabani W Dube |
| Area | |
| • Total | 252 km2 (97 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 78,875 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 76.7% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 13.3% |
| • White | 8.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 67.0% |
| • English | 23.0% |
| • Xhosa | 4.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.4% |
| • Other | 2.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN212 |
uMdoni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umdoni is an isiZulu name for the indigenous tree, (Syzgium gerrardi).[3]
Main places[]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bazley Beach | 50201 | 1.36 | 193 |
| 50202 | 25.55 | 12,338 | |
| 50203 | 1.58 | 163 | |
| 50204 | 20.69 | 9,962 | |
| Ezembeni | 50205 | 24.62 | 9,872 |
| Ifafa Beach | 50206 | 0.49 | 234 |
| 50207 | 0.5 | 217 | |
| Kelso | 50208 | 5.93 | 1,178 |
| Mtwalume | 50209 | 2.84 | 368 |
| Park Rynie | 50210 | 7.78 | 2,923 |
| Pennington | 50211 | 2.47 | 1,278 |
| Scottburgh | 50212 | 5.38 | 3,107 |
| Sezela | 50213 | 7.36 | 1,604 |
| Umzinto | 50215 | 12.5 | 1,4720 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 50214 | 118.87 | 4,138 |
Politics[]
The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 24,471 | 25,959 | 50,430 | 60.0 | 16 | 7 | 23 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 7,210 | 7,487 | 14,697 | 17.5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| IFP | 3,798 | 3,763 | 7,561 | 9.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| EFF | 1,321 | 1,319 | 2,640 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Allied Movement for Change | 1,274 | 1,106 | 2,380 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1,938 | – | 1,938 | 2.3 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Independent Congress | 694 | 887 | 1,581 | 1.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 687 | 648 | 1,335 | 1.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Mantungwa Community | 470 | 568 | 1,038 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 183 | 221 | 404 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 42,046 | 41,958 | 84,004 | 100.0 | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,207 | 1,314 | 2,521 | |||||
References[]
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umdoni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Umdoni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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