Okhahlamba Local Municipality

Okhahlamba Local Municipality is a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Okhahlamba
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuThukela
SeatBergville
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMlungisi Ndlangisa
Area
 • Total3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total132,068
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.1%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White2.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.2%
 • English2.0%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Afrikaans1.0%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN235

Society and culture

Spion Kop
British memorial at Spion Kop
Main article: Battle of Spion Kop

This large battlefield located some 30 km outside Ladysmith contains the mass graves of British soldiers, individual graves as well as a number of memorials, including a Boer memorial, British memorial, South Lancashire memorial and Imperial Light Infantry memorial.

Spioenkop Nature Reserve

25 kilometres (16 mi) from Ladysmith is one of South Africa’s popular wildlife sanctuaries, Spioenkop Nature Reserve. This 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) reserve is home to animals such as the rhino, giraffe and zebra. The sporting activities that Spioenkop offers include hiking, horse riding, angling, yachting, water-skiing and power boating. Spioenkop is also supplies other parts of Gauteng with water because in Gauteng there is a shortage of water.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amangwane51701737.1067,829
Amazizi5170295.7116,010
Bergville Part 15170380.1127,670
Bergville Part 2517152.53702
Drakensberg517040.4075
Driefontein, KwaZulu-Natal517051.41231
Estcourt517064.79988
Geluksburg517071.08209
Jagersrust517080.63199
Northern Natal Drakensberg51709142.173
Rugged Glen Nature Reserve517117.6615
Spioenkop Dam Nature Reserve5171241.6348
Van Reenen517130.4878
Winterton517141.812,186
Remainder of the municipality517102,365.8221,277

Politics

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

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 17,72218,69736,41952.314115
IFP 7,8447,86915,71322.6167
Congress of the People 3,6333,5997,23210.4033
Democratic Alliance 1,9841,9903,9745.7022
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,2411,1552,3963.4011
African Independent Congress 1,1171,2072,3243.3011
Independent 1.427–1,4272.10–0
Peoples Revolutionary Movement 301491790.3000
Total 34,99834,66669,664100.0151429
Spoilt votes 1,0511,1312,182

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Okhahlamba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Okhahlamba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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