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Mtubatuba Local Municipality

Coordinates: 28°25′S 32°11′E / 28.417°S 32.183°E / -28.417; 32.183
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Mtubatuba
Official seal of Mtubatuba
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMkhanyakude
SeatMtubatuba
Wards20
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMxolisi Mthethwa (IFP)
Area
 • Total1,738 km2 (671 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total175,425
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.1%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White1.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.1%
 • English2.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.3%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN275

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

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Dukuduku State Forest 53602 155.88 132
Dukuduku 53601 3.51 6,364
Honeydale 53603 0.62 788
Mpukunyoni 53604 9.66 10,647
Msane 53605 1.40 5,233
Mtubatuba 53612 4.67 2,020
Nyalazi State Forest 53607 221.22 424
Sokhulu 53608 36.91 6,450
St Lucia Estuary 53610 18.85 134
St Lucia 53609 2.82 864
Umfolozi 53611 36.47 0
Remainder of the municipality 53606 211.47 2,136

Politics

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The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.[citation needed]

In the election of 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) received the most seats with nineteen. An IFP-led executive was elected on 3 February 2022.[5]

The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party23,13840.721525,05344.16419
African National Congress19,90335.03720,94936.92916
Economic Freedom Fighters5,1489.0605,1469.0744
Independent candidates3,2025.6311
African Christian Democratic Party1,1922.1001,2632.2311
Democratic Alliance1,0651.8701,1191.9711
African Independent Congress6561.1505881.0411
United Democratic Movement5330.9405310.9411
National Freedom Party4930.8704940.8711
United Christian Democratic Party5020.8804570.8100
African People's Movement2810.4903250.5700
African People's Convention1640.2902270.4000
Abantu Batho Congress1860.3301590.2800
Al Jama-ah990.170950.1700
Democratic Union Plus1110.200810.1400
African Transformation Movement890.1601020.1800
Black First Land First340.060500.0900
National People's Front190.030600.1100
Patriotic Alliance100.020370.0700
Total56,825100.002356,736100.002245
Valid votes56,82598.0756,73698.04
Invalid/blank votes1,1181.931,1331.96
Total votes57,943100.0057,869100.00
Registered voters/turnout101,00857.36101,00857.29

References

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  1. ^ "IFP finally wins Mtubatuba Local Municipality from the ANC through a vote of no confidence". Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ^ Phungula, Willem. "IFP finally wins Mtubatuba Local Municipality from the ANC through a vote of no confidence". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mtubatuba". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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