Msunduzi Local Municipality
Msunduzi | |
|---|---|
.svg) Location of Msunduzi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E / 29.617°S 30.383°ECoordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E / 29.617°S 30.383°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uMgungundlovu |
| Seat | Pietermaritzburg |
| Wards | 37 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 634 km2 (245 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 618,536 |
| • Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 81.1% |
| • Coloured | 2.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 9.8% |
| • White | 6.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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.[3]
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.[3] (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)
Politics
The Msunduzi Local Municipality council consists of eighty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty 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 forty seats. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 74,238 | 47.16 | 29 | 77,703 | 49.48 | 11 | 40 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 30,074 | 19.10 | 10 | 30,697 | 19.55 | 6 | 16 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 18,262 | 11.60 | 0 | 18,673 | 11.89 | 10 | 10 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 13,271 | 8.43 | 1 | 15,270 | 9.72 | 7 | 8 | |
| Independent candidates | 7,716 | 4.90 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Abantu Batho Congress | 2,914 | 1.85 | 0 | 2,614 | 1.66 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Independent Congress | 1,793 | 1.14 | 0 | 1,728 | 1.10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 1,537 | 0.98 | 0 | 1,454 | 0.93 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1,006 | 0.64 | 0 | 1,159 | 0.74 | 1 | 1 | |
| Justice and Employment Party | 803 | 0.51 | 0 | 1,111 | 0.71 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Freedom Party | 869 | 0.55 | 0 | 777 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Devoted Citizens of Msunduzi | 579 | 0.37 | 0 | 933 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 533 | 0.34 | 0 | 738 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 502 | 0.32 | 0 | 435 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 459 | 0.29 | 0 | 461 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Independent Movement | 447 | 0.28 | 0 | 462 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 354 | 0.22 | 0 | 449 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minority Front | 367 | 0.23 | 0 | 376 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 346 | 0.22 | 0 | 314 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | |
| KZN Independence | 202 | 0.13 | 0 | 425 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 311 | 0.20 | 0 | 159 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black First Land First | 126 | 0.08 | 0 | 205 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spectrum National Party | 154 | 0.10 | 0 | 160 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Mantungwa Community | 129 | 0.08 | 0 | 163 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 16 | 0.01 | 0 | 256 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Movement | 178 | 0.11 | 0 | 92 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People First | 110 | 0.07 | 0 | 139 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| People's Revolutionary Movement | 132 | 0.08 | 0 | 84 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 157,428 | 100.00 | 41 | 157,037 | 100.00 | 40 | 81 | |
| Valid votes | 157,428 | 97.78 | 157,037 | 97.10 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,570 | 2.22 | 4,697 | 2.90 | ||||
| Total votes | 160,998 | 100.00 | 161,734 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 339,257 | 47.46 | 339,257 | 47.67 | ||||
Mayors
- Hloni Glenford Zondi, 2000-2006 [5]
- Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 [5][6]
- Mike Tarr, May 2010-2011 [7]
- Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 [8]
- Themba Njilo, 2016–August 2019[9]
- [10]
- Mzimkhulu Thebolla, August 2019-present
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[11]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdown | 51101 | 3.03 | 13,531 |
| Edendale | 51102 | 50.53 | 79,573 |
| Imbali | 51103 | 23.40 | 79,115 |
| Inadi | 51104 | 87.25 | 34,131 |
| Mafunze | 51105 | 60.55 | 36,186 |
| Mpumuza | 51106 | 97.56 | 55,260 |
| Nxamalala | 51108 | 12.94 | 14,417 |
| Pietermaritzburg | 51109 | 160.99 | 223,519 |
| Sobantu | 51110 | 1.07 | 8,155 |
| Wilgerfontein | 51111 | 0.43 | 1,073 |
| Ximba | 51112 | 5.51 | 2,947 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 51107 | 144.53 | 5,315 |
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ a b Integrated Development Plan - May 2009. Msunduzi Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 7, 2009.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Msunduzi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ a b "Hlatshwayo snatches mayorship from Zondi". Iol.co.za. 16 March 2006.
- ^ "Msunduzi.gov.za". Msunduzi Municipality. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "MEC fires official for 13 charges". Iol.co.za. 21 January 2011.
- ^ "Tough year for Msunduzi Municipality". Iol.co.za. 23 December 2011.
- ^ "Njilo to run for mayor". News24.com. 20 June 2016.
- ^ "'There will be no aloof councillors'-Njilo". Maritzburgsun.co.za. 24 August 2016.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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