Kwa Sani Local Municipality

Kwa Sani
Former local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Harry Gwala
Seat	Himeville
Wards	4
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thulani Khuluse
Area
• Total	1,852 km2 (715 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	12,898
• Density	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
•  Black African	87.9%
•  Coloured	0.9%
•  Indian/Asian	0.4%
•  White	10.5%
First languages (2011) [2]
•  Zulu	82.2%
•  English	10.6%
•  Xhosa	2.4%
•  Sotho	1.6%
• Other	3.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN432

Kwa Sani Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Harry Gwala of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Kwa Sani is an isiZulu name. "Kwa" means "at" and "Sani" means "San people". The name was chosen because it was easy to pronounce for overseas visitors to the World Heritage Site of uKhahlamba. ^[3]

After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged with Ingwe Local Municipality into the new Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: ^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Batlokoa	54801	40.43	4,952
Himeville	54802	8.33	1,037
Isiminza	54803	41.99	2,683
Nxamalala	54805	2.25	300
Underberg Part 1	54806	19.93	2,054
Underberg Part 2	54808	3.27	298
Vergelegen Nature Reserve	54807	0.54	6
Remainder of the municipality	54804	1,062.85	3,976

Politics

The municipal council consisted of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	2,611	2,800	5,411	65.6	4	1	5
	Democratic Alliance	996	995	1,991	24.2	0	2	2
	NFP	205	193	398	4.8	0	0	0
	IFP	85	95	180	2.2	0	0	0
	Independent	180	–	180	2.2	0	–	0
	ACDP	22	22	44	0.5	0	0	0
	COPE	18	25	43	0.5	0	0	0
Total		4,117	4,130	8,247	100.0	4	3	7
Spoilt votes		116	105	221

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". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. South African Languages - Place names
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Kwa Sani" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Kwa Sani" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

• http://www.kwasani.co.za/

Coordinates: 29°45′S29°30′E / 29.750°S 29.500°E / -29.750; 29.500