uMuziwabantu | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Ugu |
Seat | Harding |
Wards | 10 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Mzwandile Nyathi |
Area | |
• Total | 1,089 km2 (420 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 96,556 |
• Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 97.9% |
• Coloured | 1.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 88.2% |
• Xhosa | 4.9% |
• English | 2.9% |
• Southern Ndebele | 1.3% |
• Other | 2.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN214 |
uMuziwabantu Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala woMuziwabantu) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. uMuziwabantu is an isiZulu word meaning "the people's home", or "a home with wide open doors where everyone is welcome". [3] The main source of income for the area is derived from the municipality's extensive wattle, gum, pine and poplar plantations, and associated industries, including saw mills and furniture-making factories. [4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Dlamini | 50401 | 100.82 | 7,802 |
Duma | 50402 | 23.22 | 2,303 |
Harding | 50403 | 32.63 | 5,236 |
Machi | 50404 | 19.47 | 2,932 |
Machi/Zibonda | 50405 | 206.63 | 47,252 |
Mbotho | 50406 | 61.6 | 6,634 |
Nhlangano | 50407 | 89.85 | 14,395 |
Nyuswa | 50408 | 2 | 66 |
Quebela | 50409 | 0.77 | 1,110 |
Shwawu | 50410 | 4.74 | 1,069 |
Weza | 50412 | 1.03 | 579 |
Remainder of the municipality | 50411 | 545.76 | 2,971 |
The municipal council consists of twenty one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 minority of 10 seats on the council as opposed to eleven seats won by the opposing parties. The following table shows the results of the election. [6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 11,330 | 47.57 | 9 | 11,234 | 46.98 | 1 | 10 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 5,680 | 23.85 | 1 | 5,789 | 24.21 | 4 | 5 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,958 | 8.22 | 0 | 2,016 | 8.43 | 2 | 2 | |
Al Jama-ah | 1,646 | 6.91 | 1 | 1,617 | 6.76 | 1 | 2 | |
Abantu Batho Congress | 1,194 | 5.01 | 0 | 1,170 | 4.89 | 1 | 1 | |
Democratic Alliance | 813 | 3.41 | 0 | 773 | 3.23 | 1 | 1 | |
African Independent Congress | 348 | 1.46 | 0 | 492 | 2.06 | 0 | 0 | |
African Transformation Movement | 331 | 1.39 | 0 | 347 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 | |
National Freedom Party | 195 | 0.82 | 0 | 370 | 1.55 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent candidates | 215 | 0.90 | 0 | 0 | ||||
People's Freedom Party | 108 | 0.45 | 0 | 106 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 23,818 | 100.00 | 11 | 23,914 | 100.00 | 10 | 21 | |
Valid votes | 23,818 | 97.03 | 23,914 | 96.96 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 729 | 2.97 | 750 | 3.04 | ||||
Total votes | 24,547 | 100.00 | 24,664 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 45,078 | 54.45 | 45,078 | 54.71 |
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021. [7]
Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
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13 October 2022 | 11 | Al Jama-ah | Inkatha Freedom Party |
Most of ward 11 consists of the town of Harding, which was severely affected by the unrest in July 2021. A new ward, it was won by Sheikh Mondli Ncane from Al Jama-ah (AJ). An ANC coalition saw Ncane elected deputy-mayor. In June 2022, Ncane was ousted as deputy mayor, and replaced by a candidate from ANC coalition partner Abantu Batho Congress (ABC). Ncane quit his party, standing as a candidate for the Sizwe Ummah Nation (SUN) in the by-election. The seat was won by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), which increased its share from 6% to 53%. Ncane got 31%, while the candidate from his previous party, AJ, got 1%. [8]
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