Maphumulo Local Municipality

Maphumulo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Maphumulo is an isiZulu name meaning "place of rest".[4]

Maphumulo
Local municipality
Official seal of Maphumulo
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictiLembe
SeatMaphumulo
Wards11
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorZibuyisile Fortunate Khuzwayo-Dlamini (ANC)
Area
 • Total896 km2 (346 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total96,724
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African99.7%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu95.4%
 • Southern Ndebele1.4%
 • English1.2%
 • Other2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN294

The municipality is predominantly rural, comprising mostly tribal land, which is administered by the Ingonyama Trust on behalf of local communities.[5] Sugar-cane cultivation is the predominant economic activity and land use in the municipality. Subsistence agricultural activities in the form of small cropping areas attached to traditional family units dominate land usage.[5]

The only major town in the municipality is Maphumulo.[6]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[7]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amabhedu5460127.756,159
Cele5460221.801,201
Embo5460338.964,704
Hlongwa5460433.887,044
Mabomvini54605118.3913,850
Mkhonto54606255.7635,208
Mpungose546079.62949
Ngcolosi54608177.9319,370
Nodunga5460958.953,959
Qadi5461030.285,710
Qwabe/Waterfall5461180.5016,906
Zubane5461241.255,594

Politics
Main article: Maphumulo Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 eleven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[8]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress12,54346.97612,28846.74511
Inkatha Freedom Party11,15241.76611,18342.54410
Economic Freedom Fighters8613.2208703.3111
Independent Alliance2470.9204541.7311
Democratic Alliance3321.2403131.1900
African Independent Congress2450.9202490.9500
Independent candidates4551.7000
Abantu Batho Congress2190.8202340.8900
National Freedom Party1720.6401940.7400
African People First1810.6801670.6400
Justice and Employment Party1730.6501540.5900
African Christian Democratic Party820.310810.3100
African People's Movement250.090370.1400
Congress of the People100.040390.1500
African Transformation Movement100.040280.1100
Total26,707100.001226,291100.001123
Valid votes26,70797.6726,29197.60
Invalid/blank votes6382.336472.40
Total votes27,345100.0026,938100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,97854.7149,97853.90

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "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 - Maphumulo Municipality
  6. Provincial Profile 2004, KwaZulu-Natal, Statistics South Africa
  7. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  8. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Maphumulo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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