Umvoti Local Municipality

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Umvoti
Local municipality
Umvoti CoA.png
Seal
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Umvoti highlighted.svg
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMzinyathi
Seat Greytown
Wards 14
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Philani Mavundla (ABC)
Area
 • Total2,516 km2 (971 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total103,093
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 94.6%
 •  Coloured 0.8%
 •  Indian/Asian 2.2%
 •  White 2.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 90.9%
 •  English 5.0%
 • Other4.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN245

Umvoti Municipality (Lua error in Module:Lang at line 1422: attempt to concatenate a nil value.) is a local municipality within the Umzinyathi District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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The municipality is named after the Umvoti River, which runs from the west to the east towards the Indian Ocean. The municipality is situated nearer the mouth of the river. [4]

Greytown, a small but vibrant town, is the main provider of higher income jobs in senior management, and professional and technical services, providing 26.8% of all jobs in the Umvoti area. The manufacturing sector makes the second largest contribution to the local economy. There is limited economic activity taking place within the traditional authority areas. [5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amakhabela 52301 352.1413,734
Bomvu 52302 120.1518,054
Cele Nhlangwini 52303 26.606,447
Enhlalakahle 52304 1.458,530
Greytown 52305 6.837,290
Hlongwa 52306 12.2421
Kranskop 52307 1.47834
Mgome 52308 28.542,195
Mthembu 52309 54.989,031
Ngcolosi 52310 75.635,006
Ntanzi 52311 6.91214
Remainder of the municipality 52312 1,824.1620,935

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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of ten seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 11,84735.97611,92136.29410
Inkatha Freedom Party 10,79732.78511,11333.8349
Abantu Batho Congress 8,00424.3038,16224.8547
Democratic Alliance 7492.2707662.3311
Economic Freedom Fighters 5941.8005111.5600
Independent candidates 5111.5500
African Mantungwa Community 2460.7501580.4800
National Freedom Party 1130.3401370.4200
African Transformation Movement 750.230820.2500
Total32,936100.001432,850100.001327
Valid votes32,93698.5032,85098.03
Invalid/blank votes5011.506611.97
Total votes33,437100.0033,511100.00
Registered voters/turnout59,50156.2059,50156.32

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

DateWardParty of the previous councillorParty of the newly elected councillor
31 May 2022 [8] 13 African National Congress African National Congress
3 August 2022 [9] 52405005 Inkatha Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party

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  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. ↑ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Umvoti Municipality
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Umvoti". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  8. ↑ "Our result from KZN finally came in". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  9. ↑ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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