uMshwathi Local Municipality

uMshwathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

uMshwathi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMgungundlovu
Seat	Wartburg
Wards	13
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	M. Zondi (ANC)
Area
• Total	1,818 km^2 (702 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	106,374
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	95.1%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.7%
• White	2.7%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	89.6%
• English	4.9%
• Sotho	1.1%
• Southern Ndebele	1.0%
• Other	3.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN221

The municipality is named after the uMshwathi River that runs through the municipal area.[4]

In the 1850s, missionaries and colonists from Germany settled in the region along with their families. The area includes towns of German heritage, such as Wartburg, Harburg, Kirchdorf, New Hanover, Lillienthal, Schroeders and Hermannsburg.[5]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Albert Falls	50701	3.52	313
Bomvu	50702	6.61	590
Cool Air	50703	1.01	2,112
Dalton	50704	1.35	799
Gcumisa	50705	175.86	38,579
Mpolweni	50706	21.69	6,148
Mthuli	50707	59.14	10,925
Nadi Part 1	50708	4.91	1,393
Nadi Part 2	50717	9.48	646
Ndlovu	50709	6.06	1,206
New Hanover	50710	2.25	1,991
Ngubane	50711	40.89	6,498
Ntanzi	50712	32.28	2,201
Thokozane	50713	2.12	2,966
Trust Feed	50714	2.13	5,242
Wartburg	50716	1.87	905
Remainder of the municipality	50715	1,438.11	25,504

Politics

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

The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	26,120	27,196	53,316	72.7	14	6	20
	IFP	4,336	4,401	8,737	11.9	0	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,924	3,074	5,998	8.2	0	2	2
	Independent	2,454	–	2,454	3.3	0	–	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,096	1,291	2,387	3.3	0	1	1
	ACDP	157	319	476	0.7	0	0	0
Total		37,087	36,281	73,368	100.0	14	13	27
Spoilt votes		717	1,317	2,034

References

1. "Mayor". UMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. "uMshwathi Municipality". uMshwathi Municipality. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umshwathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Umshwathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

External links

• http://www.umshwathi.gov.za/