uMngeni | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | uMgungundlovu |
Seat | Howick |
Wards | 13 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Chris Pappas (DA) |
• Deputy Mayor | Sandile Mnikathi (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,567 km2 (605 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 92,710 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 75.0% |
• Coloured | 1.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.8% |
• White | 19.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 64.3% |
• English | 25.5% |
• Sotho | 3.8% |
• Afrikaans | 2.1% |
• Other | 4.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN222 |
uMngeni Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Mngeni) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMngeni River that runs through the municipal area. [3]
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Balgowan | 3.84 | 980 | English | |
Cedara | 16.17 | 1,280 | Zulu | |
Cedarge | 6.78 | 5,888 | Zulu | |
Emashingeni | 2.52 | 720 | Zulu | |
Fort Nottingham | 0.52 | 38 | Zulu | |
Garlington | 1.35 | 186 | English | |
Hilton | 30.90 | 9,340 | English | |
Howick | 29.32 | 21,639 | English | |
Karkloof Nature Reserve | 0 | 7.99 | ||
KwaMevana | 3.16 | 5,102 | Zulu | |
Lidgetton West | 7.99 | 4,521 | Zulu | |
Lions River | 2.41 | 970 | Zulu | |
Midmar | 29.68 | 95 | Zulu | |
Mpophomeni | 4,58 | 25,732 | Zulu | |
Nottingham Road | 3.07 | 1,277 | Zulu | |
Zenzani | 0.43 | 509 | Zulu | |
Remainder of the municipality | 1,415.79 | 14,443 | Zulu |
The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councilors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of thirteen seats in the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
uMngeni local election, 1 November 2021 [5] [6] [7] | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
Democratic Alliance | 14,035 | 14,310 | 28,345 | 47.4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
African National Congress | 11,100 | 12,319 | 23,419 | 39.2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,122 | 2,019 | 4,141 | 6.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent candidates | 2,256 | – | 2,256 | 3.8 | 0 | – | 0 | |
6 other parties | 687 | 935 | 1,622 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 30,200 | 29,583 | 59,783 | 13 | 12 | 25 | ||
Valid votes | 30,200 | 29,583 | 59,783 | 98.2 | ||||
Spoilt votes | 660 | 450 | 1,110 | 1.8 | ||||
Total votes cast | 30,860 | 30,033 | 60,893 | |||||
Voter turnout | 30,883 | |||||||
Registered voters | 54,063 | |||||||
Turnout percentage | 57.1 |
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