Richmond Local Municipality

Richmond
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMgungundlovu
Seat	Richmond
Wards	7
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bonginkosi Ngcongo
Area
• Total	1,256 km2 (485 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	65,793
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
•  Black African	95.2%
•  Coloured	0.9%
•  Indian/Asian	1.1%
•  White	2.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
•  Zulu	86.3%
•  English	5.2%
•  Xhosa	2.6%
•  Sotho	2.2%
• Other	3.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN227

Richmond Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Richmond) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Richmond was named after the Earl of Richmond, father in law of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape from 1844 to 1847. ^[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Esiphahleni	51301	18.25	2,847
Richmond	51305	37.38	14,162
Vumakwenza	51303	101.88	10,790
Vumindaba	51304	26.84	20,367
Remainder of the municipality	51302	1,047.71	15,050

Politics

Main article: Richmond Local Municipality elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	11,027	68.68	6	11,244	70.86	3	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,889	11.77	0	1,961	12.36	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,051	6.55	0	1,120	7.06	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,251	7.79	1				1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	231	1.44	0	836	5.27	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	156	0.97	0	202	1.27	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	135	0.84	0	135	0.85	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	125	0.78	0	142	0.89	0	0
	People's Freedom Party	110	0.69	0	127	0.80	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	80	0.50	0	102	0.64	0	0
Total		16,055	100.00	7	15,869	100.00	7	14
Valid votes		16,055	98.06		15,869	97.69
Invalid/blank votes		318	1.94		375	2.31
Total votes		16,373	100.00		16,244	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		32,562	50.28		32,562	49.89

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Richmond". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

External links

• http://www.richmond.gov.za/

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