Umzumbe Local Municipality
Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Umzumbe Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Mzumbe) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River.[3] Towns within the municipal boundaries include Friedenau, KwaDweshula, St Faith’s, and Mathulini.[4]
Umzumbe | |
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Seal | |
 Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Ugu |
| Seat | Mtwalume |
| Wards | 19 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Londolo Zungu |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,259 km2 (486 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 160,975 |
| • Density | 127.9/km2 (331.2/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.6% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 95.9% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.0% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN213 |
Income levels in the municipality are very low, and reflect a situation of acute impoverishment. Almost 60% of all households have an income of less than R500 per month. Households rely for survival on pension and other welfare grants, migrant remittances, informal earnings and casual employment wages.[5]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhekani | 50301 | 9.38 | 477 |
| Cele | 50302 | 275.53 | 24,598 |
| Dungeni | 50303 | 39.27 | 5,363 |
| Emandleni | 50304 | 41.85 | 6,065 |
| Hlongwa | 50305 | 19.89 | 3,853 |
| Mbhele / Amaphuthu | 50306 | 62.10 | 8,776 |
| Ndelu | 50307 | 107.60 | 18,178 |
| Nhlangwini | 50308 | 83.03 | 16,764 |
| Nyavini | 50309 | 171.52 | 19,130 |
| Qoloqolo | 50310 | 54.51 | 14,177 |
| Qwabe P | 50311 | 57.40 | 10,504 |
| Shiyabanye | 50312 | 15.89 | 1,541 |
| St Faith’s | 50313 | 113.56 | 10,652 |
| Thulini | 50314 | 89.76 | 45,733 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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.[7][8]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 32,816 | 33,309 | 66,125 | 75.6 | 20 | 10 | 30 | |
| IFP | 7,500 | 7,097 | 14,597 | 16.7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| EFF | 1,415 | 1,584 | 2,999 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| DA | 685 | 661 | 1,346 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| APC | 587 | 628 | 1,215 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Strength of Humanity | 320 | 392 | 712 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 509 | – | 509 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 43,832 | 43,671 | 87,503 | 100.0 | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,244 | 1,284 | 2,528 | |||||