Inkosi Langalibalele Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala we Nkosi Langalibalele) is a local municipality within the uThukela District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established after the 2016 South African municipal elections by merging the Imbabazane and uMtshezi local municipalities.[3]
Inkosi Langalibalele | |
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| Coordinates: 28°55′44″S 29°53′20″E / 28.929°S 29.889°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uThukela |
| Seat | Estcourt |
| Wards | 24 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mduduzi T Myeza[1] (IFP) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Nhlanhla S Dladla (IFP) |
| • Speaker | S W Khumalo (IFP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,399 km2 (1,312 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 196,226 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN237 |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of forty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received.
In the election of 1 November 2021 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) obtained a plurality of twenty-one seats.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 23,102 | 43.13 | 14 | 24,209 | 45.13 | 7 | 21 | |
| African National Congress | 18,490 | 34.52 | 8 | 19,303 | 35.99 | 9 | 17 | |
| National Freedom Party | 3,094 | 5.78 | 0 | 3,013 | 5.62 | 3 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,700 | 5.04 | 0 | 2,764 | 5.15 | 3 | 3 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,664 | 4.97 | 1 | 2,737 | 5.10 | 1 | 2 | |
| Independent candidates | 2,036 | 3.80 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| African People's Movement | 443 | 0.83 | 0 | 430 | 0.80 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Cultural Movement | 372 | 0.69 | 0 | 322 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 230 | 0.43 | 0 | 210 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Mantungwa Community | 82 | 0.15 | 0 | 200 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 122 | 0.23 | 0 | 128 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 99 | 0.18 | 0 | 69 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 34 | 0.06 | 0 | 133 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black First Land First | 84 | 0.16 | 0 | 51 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 14 | 0.03 | 0 | 72 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 53,566 | 100.00 | 24 | 53,641 | 100.00 | 23 | 47 | |
| Valid votes | 53,566 | 98.35 | 53,641 | 98.23 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 901 | 1.65 | 964 | 1.77 | ||||
| Total votes | 54,467 | 100.00 | 54,605 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 98,630 | 55.22 | 98,630 | 55.36 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "New Council Sworn in". Inkosi Langalibalele Municipality. 23 Nov 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Imbabazane, uMtshezi.
- ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Inkosi Langalibalele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.