Mthonjaneni
Local municipality
Official seal of Mthonjaneni
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
SeatMelmoth
Wards6
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorWilliam Harries
Area
 • Total1,086 km2 (419 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total47,818
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African98.5%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu93.8%
 • English1.7%
 • Southern Ndebele1.5%
 • Other3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN285

Mthonjaneni is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Mthonjaneni is an isiZulu name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King Dingaan used to send his maidens to collect water for him.[4]

The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it.[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Biyela Kwanguye541018.251,560
Entembeni54102271.1724,886
Kwanguye541036.30517
Melmoth5410412.101,816
Mnanyando5410517.643,794
Obuka5410722.881,902
Thubalethu541081.345,137
Yanguya5410973.575,430
Remainder of the municipality54106672.295,329

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twelve seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party10,73446.51811,39149.34412
African National Congress8,75537.9358,73537.84510
Independent candidates2,0889.0500
Academic Congress Union1,4306.1911
Economic Freedom Fighters6442.7906752.9211
National Freedom Party5252.2705102.2111
Democratic Alliance1180.5101090.4700
African Transformation Movement1110.480930.4000
Abantu Batho Congress650.280680.2900
African Christian Democratic Party280.120450.1900
African People's Movement110.050310.1300
Total23,079100.001323,087100.001225
Valid votes23,07998.4423,08798.51
Invalid/blank votes3661.563501.49
Total votes23,445100.0023,437100.00
Registered voters/turnout45,40851.6345,40851.61

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. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mthonjaneni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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