Msunduzi Local Municipality

Msunduzi
Local municipality

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Location of Msunduzi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E / 29.617°S 30.383°E / -29.617; 30.383Coordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E / 29.617°S 30.383°E / -29.617; 30.383
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMgungundlovu
Seat Pietermaritzburg
Wards 37
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Themba Njilo (ANC)
Area
 • Total 634 km2 (245 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 618,536
 • Density 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 81.1%
 • Coloured 2.9%
 • Indian/Asian 9.8%
 • White 6.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 72.4%
 • English 19.0%
 • Afrikaans 1.9%
 • Xhosa 1.9%
 • Other 4.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code KZN225

Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.

Msunduzi Municipality is situated on the N3 highway at a junction of an industrial corridor (from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and an agro-industrial corridor (stretching from Pietermaritzburg to Estcourt). On the regional scale, it is located at the cross section of the N3 corridor and the Greytown Road corridor to the north, a tourist route to Drakensberg and Kokstad Road to the south.[4]

The city of Pietermaritzburg is a provincial and national centre of educational excellence. Pietermaritzburg is a seat of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is home to several other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Pietermaritzburg is home to a host of private and government-owned institutions of primary and secondary education.[4] (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 147,297146,938294,23566.1302252
Democratic Alliance 42,73242,86585,59719.29615
Inkatha Freedom Party 14,88614,71229,5986.7055
Economic Freedom Fighters 9,3448,92718,2714.1033
African Independent Congress 1,5824,8486,4301.4011
Independent 4,034–4,0340.90–0
African Christian Democratic Party 9139461,8590.4011
Al Jama-ah 9086531,5610.4011
African People's Convention 4577731,2300.3000
Minority Front 6235851,2080.3000
Peoples Alliance 1462664120.1000
Congress of the People 1262774030.1000
Azanian People's Organisation 1172543710.1000
Total 223,165222,044445,209100.0393978
Spoilt votes 4,3994,4748,873

Mayors

  • Hloni Glenford Zondi, ?-2006 [7]
  • Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 [7][8]
  • Mike Tarr, May 2010-? [9]
  • Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 [10]
  • Themba Njilo, 2016-present[11][12]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[13]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Ashdown511013.0313,531
Edendale5110250.5379,573
Imbali5110323.4079,115
Inadi5110487.2534,131
Mafunze5110560.5536,186
Mpumuza5110697.5655,260
Nxamalala5110812.9414,417
Pietermaritzburg51109160.99223,519
Sobantu511101.078,155
Wilgerfontein511110.431,073
Ximba511125.512,947
Remainder of the municipality51107144.535,315

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 Integrated Development Plan - May 2009. Msunduzi Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 7, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Msunduzi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Hlatshwayo snatches mayorship from Zondi". Iol.co.za. 16 March 2006.
  8. ↑ "Msunduzi.gov.za". Msunduzi Municipality. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "MEC fires official for 13 charges". Iol.co.za. 21 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Tough year for Msunduzi Municipality". Iol.co.za. 23 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "Njilo to run for mayor". News24.com. 20 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "'There will be no aloof councillors'-Njilo". Maritzburgsun.co.za. 24 August 2016.
  13. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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