The Big Five False Bay Local Municipality

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Big Five False Bay
Local municipality
The Big Five False Bay CoA.png
Seal
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Big Five False Bay highlighted.svg
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°01′S32°16′E / 28.017°S 32.267°E / -28.017; 32.267 Coordinates: 28°01′S32°16′E / 28.017°S 32.267°E / -28.017; 32.267
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMkhanyakude
Seat Hluhluwe
Wards 4
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorThembitshe Comfort Khumalo
Area
 • Total2,121 km2 (819 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total35,258
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 95.8%
 •  Coloured 0.3%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.2%
 •  White 3.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 93.2%
 •  English 2.0%
 •  Afrikaans 1.5%
 •  Southern Ndebele 1.2%
 • Other2.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN273

The Big Five False Bay was an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

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The municipality was named after the Big Five animals (Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Cape Buffalo and Rhino) which are found in the game reserves that are located in the area e.g. the Hluhluwe game reserve, the Mfolozi game reserve and the Khinda game reserve. False Bay is part of the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park and it forms part of the newly established municipality. [4]

After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Hlabisa 53401 30.0130
Hluhluwe Township 53403 0.781,261
Hluhluwe 53402 7.11992
Makhasa 53404 72.2910,314
Mdletshe 53405 30.756
Mnqobokazi 53406 111.287,953
Nibela 53407 99.988,423
Remainder of the municipality 53408 809.112,134

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 no party obtained a majority, and the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election. [6] [7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 4,2524,3348,58642.9213
IFP 4,0624,1108,17240.9213
NFP 1,5261,4582,98414.9011
ACDP 159982571.3000
Total9,99910,00019,999100.0437
Spoilt votes167171338

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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 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: The Big 5 False Bay" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: The Big 5 False Bay" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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