Mpofana | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | uMgungundlovu |
Seat | Mooi River |
Wards | 4 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Xolani Magnificent Duma |
Area | |
• Total | 1,820 km2 (700 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 38,103 |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 92.1% |
• Coloured | 0.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.8% |
• White | 5.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 87.0% |
• English | 7.0% |
• Southern Ndebele | 1.2% |
• Other | 4.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN223 |
Mpofana Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Mpofana) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
---|---|---|---|
Mooi River | 50902 | 13.42 | 13,408 |
Rosetta | 50903 | 1.49 | 299 |
Remainder of the municipality | 50901 | 1,642.85 | 23,104 |
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]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 5,251 | 64.04 | 5 | 5,500 | 67.39 | 2 | 7 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,078 | 13.15 | 0 | 1,065 | 13.05 | 1 | 1 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 664 | 8.10 | 0 | 816 | 10.00 | 1 | 1 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 423 | 5.16 | 0 | 477 | 5.84 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 487 | 5.94 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Abantu Batho Congress | 173 | 2.11 | 0 | 177 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 60 | 0.73 | 0 | 65 | 0.80 | 0 | 0 | |
African Mantungwa Community | 49 | 0.60 | 0 | 62 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | |
National Freedom Party | 14 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 8,199 | 100.00 | 5 | 8,162 | 100.00 | 5 | 10 | |
Valid votes | 8,199 | 98.44 | 8,162 | 97.95 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 130 | 1.56 | 171 | 2.05 | ||||
Total votes | 8,329 | 100.00 | 8,333 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 16,768 | 49.67 | 16,768 | 49.70 |
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