eDumbe Local Municipality
| eDumbe | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
| ||
.svg.png) Location in KwaZulu-Natal | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | Zululand | |
| Seat | Paulpietersburg | |
| Wards | 8 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | M. B. Nxusa | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,943 km2 (750 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 82,053 | |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 97.8% | |
| • Coloured | 0.1% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% | |
| • White | 1.8% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Zulu | 93.5% | |
| • English | 1.3% | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.2% | |
| • Afrikaans | 1.1% | |
| • Other | 2.9% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN261 | |
eDumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Zululand District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Dumbe mountain.[4]
Only 23% of the municipality’s population live in an urban area while 77% live in the rural hinterland of the municipality. This factor has severe implications on actual service delivery and the cost thereof. Most settlements developed organically and are unplanned, lack basic services and facilities and provide limited opportunities for economic development.[5]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilanyoni | 52701 | 294.31 | 41,289 |
| Dumbe | 52702 | 2.67 | 6,942 |
| Mthethwa | 52704 | 69.25 | 9,471 |
| Paulpietersburg | 52705 | 2.20 | 1,462 |
| Pongola Bush Nature Reserve | 52706 | 8.75 | 197 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 52703 | 1,570.30 | 22,868 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 18 May 2011 the National Freedom Party (NFP) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| National Freedom Party | 10,315 | 10,237 | 20,552 | 51.9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| African National Congress | 5,418 | 5,514 | 10,932 | 27.6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 3,157 | 3,188 | 6,345 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 895 | 861 | 1,756 | 4.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 8 | – | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 19,793 | 19,800 | 39,593 | 100.0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Spoilt votes | 286 | 273 | 559 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - èDumbe Municipality
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Edumbe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Edumbe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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Coordinates: 27°25′19″S 30°49′06″E / 27.42194°S 30.81833°E