Mthonjaneni Local Municipality

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Mthonjaneni
Local municipality
Mthonjaneni CoA.png
Seal
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Mthonjaneni highlighted.svg
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District King Cetshwayo
Seat Melmoth
Wards 6
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorWilliam Harries
Area
 • Total1,086 km2 (419 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total47,818
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 98.5%
 •  Coloured 0.4%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.2%
 •  White 0.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 93.8%
 •  English 1.7%
 •  Southern Ndebele 1.5%
 • Other3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN285

Mthonjaneni is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Contents

Mthonjaneni is an isiZulu name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King Dingaan used to send his maidens to collect water for him. [4]

The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it. [5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Biyela Kwanguye 54101 8.251,560
Entembeni 54102 271.1724,886
Kwanguye 54103 6.30517
Melmoth 54104 12.101,816
Mnanyando 54105 17.643,794
Obuka 54107 22.881,902
Thubalethu 54108 1.345,137
Yanguya 54109 73.575,430
Remainder of the municipality 54106 672.295,329

Politics

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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twelve seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party 10,73446.51811,39149.34412
African National Congress 8,75537.9358,73537.84510
Independent candidates 2,0889.0500
Academic Congress Union 1,4306.1911
Economic Freedom Fighters 6442.7906752.9211
National Freedom Party 5252.2705102.2111
Democratic Alliance 1180.5101090.4700
African Transformation Movement 1110.480930.4000
Abantu Batho Congress 650.280680.2900
African Christian Democratic Party 280.120450.1900
African People's Movement 110.050310.1300
Total23,079100.001323,087100.001225
Valid votes23,07998.4423,08798.51
Invalid/blank votes3661.563501.49
Total votes23,445100.0023,437100.00
Registered voters/turnout45,40851.6345,40851.61

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The Mthonjaneni Local Municipality 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.

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. ↑ "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mthonjaneni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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