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
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
SeatEshowe
Wards26
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCouncillor T B Zulu
Area
 • Total2,214 km2 (855 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total223,140
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.1%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White1.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu92.1%
 • English3.5%
 • Southern Ndebele1.3%
 • Other3.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN284

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amatikulu540011.38732
Bangindoda54002126.377,112
Bhekabelungu Biyela540037.32923
Bhekeshowe5400479.5311,789
Dinuzulu540051.446,374
Emangidini540066.86648
Entembeni540077.15477
Eshowe5400816.335,230
Gingindlovu540092.291,157
Khoza5401069.3911,387
Kolweni5401119.383,583
KwaMondi5401220.466,651
Mombeni54013138.8810,829
Mpungose54014173.3826,955
Mpushini Park540152.72327
Mtunzini5401610.591,273
Mvuzane5401791.289,935
Mxhwanazi540182.72760
Mzimela54019241.8529,731
Ndlangubo5402048.679,013
Ntuli54021329.5622,189
Nzuza5402285.3921,363
Sabeka540235.99212
Shange54024109.2013,476
Sikhonyane5402514.291,231
Umgoye Forest5402639.026
Vuma540287.850
Zulu5402914.625,710
Remainder of the municipality54027540.2112,007

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]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 36,56537,13473,69954.8191130
IFP 26,99526,54753,54239.881422
Democratic Alliance 1,4041,7963,2002.4011
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,2081,2292,4371.8011
Independent 750–7500.60–0
Academic Congress Union 3012715720.4000
African Mantungwa Community 1192063250.2000
Total 67,34267,183134,525100.0272754
Spoilt votes 8671,0261,893

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 WardPR listTotal
ANC 181129
IFP 91423
Democratic Alliance 011
Economic Freedom Fighters 011
Total 272754

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.

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