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EMadlangeni Local Municipality
Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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eMadlangeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Madlangeni), previously known as Utrecht Municipality, is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
eMadlangeni | |
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Seal | |
 Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Amajuba |
| Seat | Utrecht |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Lindile Mhlungu |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,539 km2 (1,366 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 34,442 |
| • Density | 9.732/km2 (25.21/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 92.7% |
| • Coloured | 1.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 5.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 87.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 6.1% |
| • English | 1.7% |
| • Other | 4.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN253 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Politics
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, with both the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) winning four seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 2,601 | 32.94 | 3 | 2,930 | 37.06 | 1 | 4 | |
| African National Congress | 2,269 | 28.74 | 2 | 2,320 | 29.34 | 2 | 4 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 773 | 9.79 | 1 | 879 | 11.12 | 0 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 729 | 9.23 | 0 | 800 | 10.12 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Freedom Party | 377 | 4.77 | 0 | 353 | 4.46 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 585 | 7.41 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patriotic Alliance | 181 | 2.29 | 0 | 166 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 113 | 1.43 | 0 | 95 | 1.20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Sugar South Africa | 70 | 0.89 | 0 | 101 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| KZN Independence | 29 | 0.37 | 0 | 98 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 39 | 0.49 | 0 | 40 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Royal Loyal Progress | 37 | 0.47 | 0 | 40 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Movement | 39 | 0.49 | 0 | 33 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Mantungwa Community | 31 | 0.39 | 0 | 23 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Freedom Revolution | 23 | 0.29 | 0 | 29 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 7,896 | 100.00 | 6 | 7,907 | 100.00 | 5 | 11 | |
| Valid votes | 7,896 | 97.04 | 7,907 | 97.09 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 241 | 2.96 | 237 | 2.91 | ||||
| Total votes | 8,137 | 100.00 | 8,144 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,019 | 54.18 | 15,019 | 54.22 | ||||