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Umvoti Local Municipality

Coordinates: 29°03′49″S 30°35′20″E / 29.06361°S 30.58889°E / -29.06361; 30.58889
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Umvoti
Official seal of Umvoti
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMzinyathi
SeatGreytown
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPhilani Mavundla (ABC)
Area
 • Total2,516 km2 (971 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total103,093
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African94.6%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian2.2%
 • White2.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu90.9%
 • English5.0%
 • Other4.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN245

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

The municipality is named after the Umvoti River, which runs from the west to the east towards the Indian Ocean. The municipality is situated nearer the mouth of the river.[4]

Greytown, a small but vibrant town, is the main provider of higher income jobs in senior management, and professional and technical services, providing 26.8% of all jobs in the Umvoti area. The manufacturing sector makes the second largest contribution to the local economy. There is limited economic activity taking place within the traditional authority areas.[5]

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Amakhabela 52301 352.14 13,734
Bomvu 52302 120.15 18,054
Cele Nhlangwini 52303 26.60 6,447
Enhlalakahle 52304 1.45 8,530
Greytown 52305 6.83 7,290
Hlongwa 52306 12.24 21
Kranskop 52307 1.47 834
Mgome 52308 28.54 2,195
Mthembu 52309 54.98 9,031
Ngcolosi 52310 75.63 5,006
Ntanzi 52311 6.91 214
Remainder of the municipality 52312 1,824.16 20,935

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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of ten seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress11,84735.97611,92136.29410
Inkatha Freedom Party10,79732.78511,11333.8349
Abantu Batho Congress8,00424.3038,16224.8547
Democratic Alliance7492.2707662.3311
Economic Freedom Fighters5941.8005111.5600
Independent candidates5111.5500
African Mantungwa Community2460.7501580.4800
National Freedom Party1130.3401370.4200
African Transformation Movement750.230820.2500
Total32,936100.001432,850100.001327
Valid votes32,93698.5032,85098.03
Invalid/blank votes5011.506611.97
Total votes33,437100.0033,511100.00
Registered voters/turnout59,50156.2059,50156.32

By-elections from November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor
31 May 2022[8] 13 African National Congress African National Congress
3 August 2022[9] 52405005 Inkatha Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party

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. ^ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Umvoti Municipality
  6. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Umvoti". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  8. ^ "Our result from KZN finally came in". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  9. ^ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
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