uMlalazi Local Municipality

uMlalazi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMlalazi River.[4]

uMlalazi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	King Cetshwayo
Seat	Eshowe
Wards	26
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Councillor T B Zulu
Area
• Total	2,214 km^2 (855 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	223,140
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	97.1%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	1.5%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	92.1%
• English	3.5%
• Southern Ndebele	1.3%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN284

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Amatikulu	54001	1.38	732
Bangindoda	54002	126.37	7,112
Bhekabelungu Biyela	54003	7.32	923
Bhekeshowe	54004	79.53	11,789
Dinuzulu	54005	1.44	6,374
Emangidini	54006	6.86	648
Entembeni	54007	7.15	477
Eshowe	54008	16.33	5,230
Gingindlovu	54009	2.29	1,157
Khoza	54010	69.39	11,387
Kolweni	54011	19.38	3,583
KwaMondi	54012	20.46	6,651
Mombeni	54013	138.88	10,829
Mpungose	54014	173.38	26,955
Mpushini Park	54015	2.72	327
Mtunzini	54016	10.59	1,273
Mvuzane	54017	91.28	9,935
Mxhwanazi	54018	2.72	760
Mzimela	54019	241.85	29,731
Ndlangubo	54020	48.67	9,013
Ntuli	54021	329.56	22,189
Nzuza	54022	85.39	21,363
Sabeka	54023	5.99	212
Shange	54024	109.20	13,476
Sikhonyane	54025	14.29	1,231
Umgoye Forest	54026	39.02	6
Vuma	54028	7.85	0
Zulu	54029	14.62	5,710
Remainder of the municipality	54027	540.21	12,007

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 thirty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	36,565	37,134	73,699	54.8	19	11	30
	IFP	26,995	26,547	53,542	39.8	8	14	22
	Democratic Alliance	1,404	1,796	3,200	2.4	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,208	1,229	2,437	1.8	0	1	1
	Independent	750	–	750	0.6	0	–	0
	Academic Congress Union	301	271	572	0.4	0	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	119	206	325	0.2	0	0	0
Total		67,342	67,183	134,525	100.0	27	27	54
Spoilt votes		867	1,026	1,893

In a by-election held on 29 November 2017, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate.[8] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party		Ward	PR list	Total
	ANC	18	11	29
	IFP	9	14	23
	Democratic Alliance	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
Total		27	27	54

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" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: uMlalazi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: uMlalazi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
8. "IFP wins uMlalazi by-election". Zululand Observer. 30 November 2017.

External links

• Official website