Nquthu
Local municipality
Official seal of Nquthu
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMzinyathi
SeatNquthu
Wards17
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMr IL Shabalala
Area
 • Total1,962 km2 (758 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total165,307
 • Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African99.7%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu90.1%
 • Sotho6.6%
 • Other3.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN242

Nquthu Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Nquthu) is a local municipality within the Umzinyathi District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Nquthu is an isiZulu word meaning "the back of the head".[4]

Isandlwana is the site of a historic Anglo-Zulu War battle that took place on 22 January 1879, and is a well known tourist destination worldwide.[5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Buthanani5200188.209,050
Emandleni52002250.768,877
Godide5200346.002,191
Hlatshwayo5200449.505,135
Khiphinkunzi52005168.7126,233
Mangidini5200639.482,963
Mbokodwebomvu5200781.096,083
Molefe52008547.5561,029
Nondweni520097.617,173
Nquthu5201040.698,113
Vulindlela5201194.344,335
Zondi5201240.033,834

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 nineteen seats.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party20,78949.251421,66551.03519
African National Congress15,22236.06515,38536.23914
Abantu Batho Congress3,0307.1802,9556.9633
Economic Freedom Fighters7411.7607791.8311
Independent candidates7041.6700
Democratic Alliance3550.8403420.8100
National Freedom Party2980.7103120.7300
Future Generation Congress2230.5301900.4500
African Christian Democratic Party1690.4001950.4600
National Peoples Ambassadors1260.3001400.3300
African Transformation Movement1350.3201030.2400
African People's Movement1150.2701080.2500
People's Freedom Party1120.270870.2000
Forum for Service Delivery770.180790.1900
African Mantungwa Community730.170680.1600
United Christian Democratic Party420.100510.1200
Total42,211100.001942,459100.001837
Valid votes42,21198.6142,45998.52
Invalid/blank votes5931.396371.48
Total votes42,804100.0043,096100.00
Registered voters/turnout80,32453.2980,32453.65

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. ↑ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Nquthu Municipality
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Nquthu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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