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Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality

Coordinates: 30°09′S 30°05′E / 30.150°S 30.083°E / -30.150; 30.083
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Ubuhlebezwe
Official seal of Ubuhlebezwe
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictHarry Gwala District
SeatIxopo
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorE.B. Ngubo
Area
 • Total1,604 km2 (619 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total101,691
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.5%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White0.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu91.6%
 • English3.1%
 • Xhosa1.6%
 • Southern Ndebele1.3%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN434

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Ubuhlebezwe) is a local municipality within the Harry Gwala District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ubuhlebezwe is an isiZulu word meaning "the beauty of the land". The name is derived from Alan Paton's novel, Cry, The Beloved Country.[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Amakhuze 55101 40.53 4,726
Dlamini/Vusathina Mazulu 55102 19.13 3,532
Dunge 55103 47.70 2,666
Ikhwezi/Lokusa 55104 48.56 12,316
Ixopo 55105 6.24 8,434
Izimpethu Endlovu 55106 10.23 751
Mjoli/Mawushe(Sizwe Hlanganani) 55107 72.47 12,580
Nyuswa 55108 33.78 4,063
Shiyabanye/Nhlangwini 55109 85.96 11,476
Ukuthula 55111 20.04 10,208
Vukani 55112 55.92 9,804
Vumakwenza/Sangcwaba 55113 94.13 4,524
Remainder of the municipality 55110 1,091.78 16,873

Politics

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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) won a majority of eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress18,09461.681318,69464.42518
Economic Freedom Fighters3,37511.5003,69812.7433
Inkatha Freedom Party2,0436.9602,7909.6122
Independent candidates3,28011.1811
Democratic Alliance1,0263.5001,1043.8011
African Independent Congress8132.7701,0463.6011
National Freedom Party1870.6409443.2511
People's Freedom Party2100.7201780.6100
Abantu Batho Congress1140.3901520.5200
African Transformation Movement680.2301940.6700
African Christian Democratic Party990.3401270.4400
South African Peoples Movement270.090920.3200
Total29,336100.001429,019100.001327
Valid votes29,33696.2229,01995.89
Invalid/blank votes1,1543.781,2454.11
Total votes30,490100.0030,264100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,55152.9857,55152.59

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. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ubuhlebezwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
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