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Okhahlamba Local Municipality

Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E / -28.733; 29.367
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Okhahlamba
Official seal of Okhahlamba
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E / -28.733; 29.367
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuThukela
SeatBergville
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorVikizitha Mlotshwa APEMO
Area
 • Total3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total132,068
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.1%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White2.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.2%
 • English2.0%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Afrikaans1.0%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN235

Okhahlamba Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala woKhahlamba) is a local municipality within the uThukela District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Society and culture

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Museums, monuments and memorials

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Spion Kop

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British memorial at Spion Kop

This large battlefield located some 30 km outside Ladysmith contains the mass graves of British soldiers, individual graves as well as a number of memorials, including a Boer memorial, British memorial, South Lancashire memorial and Imperial Light Infantry memorial.

Nature reserves

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Spioenkop Nature Reserve

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25 kilometres (16 mi) from Ladysmith is one of South Africa’s popular wildlife sanctuaries, Spioenkop Nature Reserve. This 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) reserve is home to animals such as the rhino, giraffe and zebra. The sporting activities that Spioenkop offers include hiking, horse riding, angling, yachting, water-skiing and power boating. Spioenkop is also supplies other parts of Gauteng with water because in Gauteng there is a shortage of water.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Amangwane 51701 737.10 67,829
Amazizi 51702 95.71 16,010
Bergville Part 1 51703 80.11 27,670
Bergville Part 2 51715 2.53 702
Drakensberg 51704 0.40 75
Driefontein, KwaZulu-Natal 51705 1.41 231
Estcourt 51706 4.79 988
Geluksburg 51707 1.08 209
Jagersrust 51708 0.63 199
Northern Natal Drakensberg 51709 142.17 3
Rugged Glen Nature Reserve 51711 7.66 15
Spioenkop Dam Nature Reserve 51712 41.63 48
Van Reenen 51713 0.48 78
Winterton 51714 1.81 2,186
Remainder of the municipality 51710 2,365.82 21,277

Politics

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The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 1 November 2021 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a plurality of nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party10,04930.24810,22730.7419
African National Congress9,63428.9939,75129.3158
African People's Movement6,57019.7736,46019.4136
Economic Freedom Fighters2,0176.0702,0406.1322
National Freedom Party1,7325.2111,7085.1312
Democratic Alliance1,0493.1601,0353.1111
National Peoples Ambassadors5261.5805151.5511
Freedom Front Plus3881.1703180.9600
African Transformation Movement2910.8802540.7600
Abantu Batho Congress2690.8102230.6700
National People's Front2020.6101160.3500
Congress of the People1350.4101250.3800
African People's Convention560.1701570.4700
National Democratic Convention810.240990.3000
People's Revolutionary Movement750.2301000.3000
United Democratic Movement500.150580.1700
African Mantungwa Community600.180450.1400
United Cultural Movement460.140430.1300
Total33,230100.001533,274100.001429
Valid votes33,23097.8633,27498.18
Invalid/blank votes7252.146161.82
Total votes33,955100.0033,890100.00
Registered voters/turnout61,11455.5661,11455.45

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  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[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Okhahlamba". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
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