Dannhauser | |
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![]() Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Amajuba |
Seat | Dannhauser |
Wards | 11 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Bongekile Magdalene Shabalala |
Area | |
• Total | 1,516 km2 (585 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 102,161 |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 97.5% |
• Coloured | 0.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.4% |
• White | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 93.9% |
• English | 2.1% |
• Other | 4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN254 |
Dannhauser Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Dannhauser) is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler who in 1872 purchased four farms in the area from the Natal Government. [3] The major economic sectors are agriculture and mining. Mining, however, is undergoing a movement away from large scale operations to smaller operations. [4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Dannhauser | 52607 | 17.72 | 4,903 |
Durnacol | 52602 | 19.49 | 1,598 |
Ekudabuleni | 52603 | 0.30 | 565 |
Gule | 52604 | 50.47 | 8,451 |
Hattingspruit | 52605 | 2.67 | 476 |
Hlubi | 52606 | 360.59 | 79,377 |
Remainder of the municipality | 52601 | 1,064.45 | 7,397 |
The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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, winning a plurality of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 8,060 | 34.18 | 6 | 8,506 | 35.75 | 3 | 9 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 6,951 | 29.47 | 6 | 7,875 | 33.10 | 2 | 8 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,320 | 9.84 | 0 | 2,584 | 10.86 | 3 | 3 | |
Abantu Batho Congress | 1,306 | 5.54 | 0 | 1,156 | 4.86 | 1 | 1 | |
Team Sugar South Africa | 659 | 2.79 | 0 | 723 | 3.04 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 1,350 | 5.72 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Community Freedom Party | 605 | 2.57 | 0 | 512 | 2.15 | 1 | 1 | |
Democratic Alliance | 431 | 1.83 | 0 | 528 | 2.22 | 1 | 1 | |
10 other parties | 1,902 | 8.06 | 0 | 1,910 | 8.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 23,584 | 100.00 | 13 | 23,794 | 100.00 | 12 | 25 | |
Valid votes | 23,584 | 97.66 | 23,794 | 97.65 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 564 | 2.34 | 573 | 2.35 | ||||
Total votes | 24,148 | 100.00 | 24,367 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 50,480 | 47.84 | 50,480 | 48.27 |
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