uMfolozi Local Municipality

uMfolozi (formerly Mbonambi) is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The name "Mbonambi" refers to the Mbonambi Local Tribal Authority, which covers most of the municipal area.[5]

uMfolozi

Mbonambi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
SeatKwaMbonambi
Wards15
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSmangaliso Mgenge[2]
Area
 • Total1,210 km2 (470 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total122,889
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.8%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu92.6%
 • English2.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.5%
 • Other3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN281

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Kwambonambi Forest Reserve5370262.25222
KwaMbonambi537012.351,894
Mapelane Nature Reserve5370352.7854
Mbonambi5370486.0422,984
Mhlana53705515.6564,527
Sokhulu5370698.1712,632
Remainder of the municipality53707391.244,623

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 narrow majority of seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 22,50124,37446,87549.48917
IFP 20,97620,74741,72343.99615
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,5181,4913,0093.2011
Independent 1,826–1,8261.90–0
Democratic Alliance 7138471,5601.6000
Total 47,53447,45994,993100.0171633
Spoilt votes 7971,584

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. Office of the Mayor
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. South African Languages - Place names
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mfolozi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mfolozi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

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