Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality

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Ubuhlebezwe
Local municipality
Ubuhlebezwe CoA.png
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Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Ubuhlebezwe highlighted.svg
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District Harry Gwala District
Seat Ixopo
Wards 14
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorE.B. Ngubo
Area
 • Total1,604 km2 (619 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total101,691
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 97.5%
 •  Coloured 1.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.4%
 •  White 0.8%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 91.6%
 •  English 3.1%
 •  Xhosa 1.6%
 •  Southern Ndebele 1.3%
 • Other2.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN434

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Ubuhlebezwe) is a local municipality within the Harry Gwala District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ubuhlebezwe is an isiZulu word meaning "the beauty of the land". The name is derived from Alan Paton's novel, Cry, The Beloved Country. [4]

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amakhuze 55101 40.534,726
Dlamini/Vusathina Mazulu 55102 19.133,532
Dunge 55103 47.702,666
Ikhwezi/Lokusa 55104 48.5612,316
Ixopo 55105 6.248,434
Izimpethu Endlovu 55106 10.23751
Mjoli/Mawushe(Sizwe Hlanganani) 55107 72.4712,580
Nyuswa 55108 33.784,063
Shiyabanye/Nhlangwini 55109 85.9611,476
Ukuthula 55111 20.0410,208
Vukani 55112 55.929,804
Vumakwenza/Sangcwaba 55113 94.134,524
Remainder of the municipality 55110 1,091.7816,873

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 18,09461.681318,69464.42518
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,37511.5003,69812.7433
Inkatha Freedom Party 2,0436.9602,7909.6122
Independent candidates 3,28011.1811
Democratic Alliance 1,0263.5001,1043.8011
African Independent Congress 8132.7701,0463.6011
National Freedom Party 1870.6409443.2511
People's Freedom Party 2100.7201780.6100
Abantu Batho Congress 1140.3901520.5200
African Transformation Movement 680.2301940.6700
African Christian Democratic Party 990.3401270.4400
South African Peoples Movement 270.090920.3200
Total29,336100.001429,019100.001327
Valid votes29,33696.2229,01995.89
Invalid/blank votes1,1543.781,2454.11
Total votes30,490100.0030,264100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,55152.9857,55152.59

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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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ubuhlebezwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-12.

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