Jozini
Local municipality
Official seal of Jozini
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMkhanyakude
SeatJozini
Wards23
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMfananaye Mathe (IFP)
Area
 • Total3,442 km2 (1,329 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total186,502
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.3%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu95.1%
 • English1.2%
 • Southern Ndebele1.1%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN272

Jozini Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Jozini) is a local municipality within the Umkhanyakude District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Significant portions of the municipality have been neglected in terms of economic development. There is a great disparity between the level of service and infrastructure provision between settlement nodes, such as the towns of Mkuze and Jozini, and the surrounding rural areas. Most of the rural area is associated with a lack of development, poverty and poor service provision.[3]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Ingwavuma533011.721,089
Jozini533120.45543
Manukuza/Jobe53303280.6518,277
Mathenjwa53304435.1326,332
Mkuze533051.041,834
Mngomezulu53306277.8218,676
Myeni/Ngwenya53307138.3410,146
Myeni/Ntsinde53308172.9116,524
Ndumu Game Reserve53309110.4372
Nyawo53310909.8568,148
Sqakatha53311238.2219,818
Remainder of the municipality53302523.022,628

Politics

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 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-four seats.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party31,07350.561932,55653.64524
African National Congress20,73933.74222,25336.661416
Economic Freedom Fighters2,6174.2602,8844.7522
Independent candidates5,4858.9222
Academic Congress Union9811.6211
Democratic Alliance3400.5503480.5700
National Freedom Party2900.4703560.5900
United Christian Democratic Party2640.4302440.4000
Independent Alliance560.0904210.6900
African Transformation Movement1900.3102240.3700
Abantu Batho Congress1230.2001380.2300
United Democratic Movement1030.1701050.1700
African Christian Democratic Party640.100940.1500
National People's Front780.130480.0800
Black First Land First310.050210.0300
Democratic Union Plus90.010200.0300
Total61,462100.002360,693100.002245
Valid votes61,46298.7460,69397.83
Invalid/blank votes7841.261,3442.17
Total votes62,246100.0062,037100.00
Registered voters/turnout103,71260.02103,71259.82

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business | Jozini Municipality". www.kzntopbusiness.co.za.
  4. ↑ "Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa".
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Jozini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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