Mtubatuba Local Municipality

Mtubatuba is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Mtubatuba
Local municipality
Official seal of Mtubatuba
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMkhanyakude
SeatMtubatuba
Wards20
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMxolisi Mthethwa (IFP)
Area
 • Total1,738 km2 (671 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total175,425
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African98.1%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White1.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu93.1%
 • English2.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.3%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN275

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dukuduku State Forest53602155.88132
Dukuduku536013.516,364
Honeydale536030.62788
Mpukunyoni536049.6610,647
Msane536051.405,233
Mtubatuba536124.672,020
Nyalazi State Forest53607221.22424
Sokhulu5360836.916,450
St Lucia Estuary5361018.85134
St Lucia536092.82864
Umfolozi5361136.470
Remainder of the municipality53606211.472,136

Politics
Main article: Mtubatuba Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 no party obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) received the most seats with nineteen. An IFP-led executive was elected on 3 February 2022.[5]

The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party23,13840.721525,05344.16419
African National Congress19,90335.03720,94936.92916
Economic Freedom Fighters5,1489.0605,1469.0744
Independent candidates3,2025.6311
African Christian Democratic Party1,1922.1001,2632.2311
Democratic Alliance1,0651.8701,1191.9711
African Independent Congress6561.1505881.0411
United Democratic Movement5330.9405310.9411
National Freedom Party4930.8704940.8711
United Christian Democratic Party5020.8804570.8100
African People's Movement2810.4903250.5700
African People's Convention1640.2902270.4000
Abantu Batho Congress1860.3301590.2800
Al Jama-ah990.170950.1700
Democratic Union Plus1110.200810.1400
African Transformation Movement890.1601020.1800
Black First Land First340.060500.0900
National People's Front190.030600.1100
Patriotic Alliance100.020370.0700
Total56,825100.002356,736100.002245
Valid votes56,82598.0756,73698.04
Invalid/blank votes1,1181.931,1331.96
Total votes57,943100.0057,869100.00
Registered voters/turnout101,00857.36101,00857.29

References
  1. "IFP finally wins Mtubatuba Local Municipality from the ANC through a vote of no confidence". Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. "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
  5. Phungula, Willem. "IFP finally wins Mtubatuba Local Municipality from the ANC through a vote of no confidence". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mtubatuba". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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