Mpofana Local Municipality

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Mpofana
Local municipality
Mpofana CoA.png
Seal
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Mpofana highlighted (2011).svg
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMgungundlovu
Seat Mooi River
Wards 4
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorXolani Magnificent Duma
Area
 • Total1,820 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total38,103
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 92.1%
 •  Coloured 0.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.8%
 •  White 5.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 87.0%
 •  English 7.0%
 •  Southern Ndebele 1.2%
 • Other4.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN223

Mpofana Municipality (Lua error in Module:Lang at line 1422: attempt to concatenate a nil value.) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Mooi River 50902 13.4213,408
Rosetta 50903 1.49299
Remainder of the municipality 50901 1,642.8523,104

Politics

The municipal council consists of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five 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) won a majority of seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 5,25164.0455,50067.3927
Democratic Alliance 1,07813.1501,06513.0511
Economic Freedom Fighters 6648.10081610.0011
Inkatha Freedom Party 4235.1604775.8411
Independent candidates 4875.9400
Abantu Batho Congress 1732.1101772.1700
African Christian Democratic Party 600.730650.8000
African Mantungwa Community 490.600620.7600
National Freedom Party 140.1700
Total8,199100.0058,162100.00510
Valid votes8,19998.448,16297.95
Invalid/blank votes1301.561712.05
Total votes8,329100.008,333100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,76849.6716,76849.70

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The Mpofana Local Municipality is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The council consists of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five 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) won a majority of seven seats on the council.

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mpofana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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