Umdoni
Official seal of Umdoni
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUgu
SeatScottburgh
Wards19
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorSibongile Khathi
Area
  Total252 km2 (97 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total78,875
  Density310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African76.7%
  Coloured1.2%
  Indian/Asian13.3%
  White8.5%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu67.0%
  English23.0%
  Xhosa4.9%
  Afrikaans2.4%
  Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN212

uMdoni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Mdoni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. uMdoni is the isiZulu name for the indigenous forest waterberry (Syzygium gerrardii) plant.[3]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Bazley Beach502011.36193
KwaCele5020225.5512,338
Elysium502031.58163
Emalangeni5020420.699,962
Ezembeni5020524.629,872
Ifafa Beach502060.49234
Ifafa Marina502070.5217
Kelso502085.931,178
Mtwalume502092.84368
Park Rynie502107.782,923
Pennington502112.471,278
Scottburgh502125.383,107
Sezela502137.361,604
Umzinto5021512.51,4720
Remainder of the municipality50214118.874,138

Politics

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress15,12244.371514,95543.93217
Democratic Alliance6,04317.7346,15018.0637
Inkatha Freedom Party4,60513.5104,94814.5355
Economic Freedom Fighters3,99911.7303,98911.7255
Allied Movement for Change1,1533.3801,0253.0111
Abantu Batho Congress7462.1906882.0211
Al Jama-ah5391.5805221.5311
Independent candidates6191.8200
15 other parties1,2553.6801,7675.1900
Total34,081100.001934,044100.001837
Valid votes34,08198.2534,04497.83
Invalid/blank votes6061.757562.17
Total votes34,687100.0034,800100.00
Registered voters/turnout71,83148.2971,83148.45

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.

DateWardParty of the previous councillorParty of the newly elected councillor
27 July 2022[6] 52102013 Democratic Alliance African National Congress


After the by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:

PartySeats
WardListTotal
African National Congress16218
Democratic Alliance336
Inkatha Freedom Party055
Economic Freedom Fighters055
Allied Movement for Change011
Abantu Batho Congress011
Al Jama-ah011
Total191837

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 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. South African Languages - Place names
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Umdoni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  6. "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2022-07-28.

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