Msinga Local Municipality

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Msinga
Local municipality
Msinga CoA.png
Seal
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Msinga highlighted.svg
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMzinyathi
Seat Tugela Ferry
Wards 19
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorFelinkosi Joshua Sikhakhane (IFP)
Area
 • Total2,501 km2 (966 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total177,577
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 99.6%
 •  Coloured 0.1%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 96.1%
 •  Southern Ndebele 1.3%
 • Other2.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN244

Msinga Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Msinga) is a local municipality within the Umzinyathi District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Msinga is an isiZulu word meaning "a current in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top of the water surface and ends up influencing the nearby climatic conditions through its breeze". [4] The municipality is largely located in deep gorges of the Tugela and Buffalo rivers, isolated from the immediate surrounding municipal areas. [5] The population dynamics result in a growing rural area and a declining urban area in the municipality, contrary to most other areas in the country. [5] This can be attributed to the fact that the urban areas of municipality are very small and are unable to provide the normal range of goods and services provided in urban areas. [5]

Contents

It is a poverty stricken area with few economic resources and little economic activity. Social services and private households generate 29% of the income for the area. [5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Baso 52201 85.549,655
Bomvu 52202 371.7530,307
Chunu 52203 367.3541,560
Gwazumlungu Nlovu 52204 9.63753
Khanyile 52205 9.75108
Majozi 52206 10.801,099
Mawuzini 52207 5.49457
Mthembu 52209 151.8019,160
Mtungwa 52210 4.021,756
Ngome 52211 3.901,772
Ngubane 52212 93.455,849
Othame 52213 8.931,135
Pomeroy 52214 7.01998
Qamu 52215 628.9050,867
Qizi Mtshshali 52216 6.07694
Remainder of the municipality 52208 737.601,850

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-seven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election. [7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party 32,10465.912032,54668.14727
African National Congress 12,43125.52012,50026.171111
Abantu Batho Congress 1,0082.0701,4773.0911
Independent candidates 1,8803.8611
Economic Freedom Fighters 4360.9004630.9711
Democratic Alliance 2760.5702400.5000
National Freedom Party 2080.4301200.2500
Justice and Employment Party 1280.2601420.3000
United Democratic Movement 920.190900.1900
African Mantungwa Community 620.130530.1100
National People's Front 490.100610.1300
African Christian Democratic Party 330.070490.1000
African Transformation Movement 00.000220.0500
Total48,707100.002147,763100.002041
Valid votes48,70798.3447,76397.56
Invalid/blank votes8201.661,1932.44
Total votes49,527100.0048,956100.00
Registered voters/turnout86,10757.5286,10756.85

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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. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. 1 2 3 4 KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Msinga Municipality
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Msinga". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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