Newcastle Local Municipality

Newcastle
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Amajuba
Seat	Newcastle
Wards	31
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Afzul Rehman
Area
• Total	1,855 km^2 (716 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	363,236
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	91.9%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	3.2%
• White	3.9%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Zulu	85.6%
• English	6.4%
• Afrikaans	3.5%
• Other	4.5%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	KZN252

Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Charlestown	52401	18.48	3,204
Hlubi	52402	108.11	73,931
Madadeni	52403	25.15	116,798
Newcastle	52404	199.06	44,123
Ngagane	52405	4.90	1,206
Osizweni	52406	15.35	80,265
Remainder of the municipality	52408	1,483.87	13,449

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	45,786	47,625	93,411	53.3	28	5	33
	Inkatha Freedom Party	16,415	16,397	32,812	18.7	1	11	12
	National Freedom Party	7,802	7,313	15,115	8.6	0	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	6,466	6,992	13,458	7.7	2	3	5
	Azanian People's Organisation	3,908	3,624	7,532	4.3	0	3	3
	Royal Loyal Progress	2,046	1,878	3,924	2.2	0	2	2
	Federal Congress	1,716	1,575	3,291	1.9	0	1	1
	Independent	1,105	–	1,105	0.6	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	603	408	1,011	0.6	0	0	0
	Minority Front	334	560	894	0.5	0	0	0
	Great Kongress of South Africa	448	350	798	0.5	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	312	329	641	0.4	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	322	310	632	0.4	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	340	261	601	0.3	0	0	0
	South African Determined Volunteers	68	66	134	0.1	0	0	0
Total		87,671	87,688	175,359	100.0	31	30	61
Spoilt votes		1,700	1,655	3,355

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. 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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

• http://www.newcastle.gov.za/

Coordinates: 27°44′39″S 29°56′14″E / 27.74417°S 29.93722°E