Mkhambathini | |
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.svg) Location inKwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates:29°43′S30°31′E / 29.717°S 30.517°E /-29.717; 30.517 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uMgungundlovu |
| Seat | Camperdown |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
• Total | 891 km2 (344 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 63,142 |
| • Density | 70.9/km2 (184/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup(2011) | |
| • Black African | 94.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
| • White | 3.7% |
| First languages(2011) | |
| • Zulu | 84.8% |
| • Xhosa | 5.1% |
| • English | 4.9% |
| • Sotho | 1.9% |
| • Other | 3.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN226 |
Mkhambathini Municipality (Zulu:UMasipala wase Mkhambathini) is alocal municipality within theUmgungundlovu District Municipality, in theKwaZulu-Natal province ofSouth Africa.Mkhabathini is anisiZulu word derived fromeMkhambathini meaning "the place of acacia trees".[4]
The municipality is well located in relation toDurban andPietermaritzburg and adjoinsCato Ridge, a potential industrial node. TheN3, which is identified in the Spatial Growth and Development Strategy as a provincial corridor, runs east–west through the central part of the municipal area.[5]
The2001 census divided the municipality into the followingmain places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camperdown | 51201 | 2.19 | 799 |
| Embo | 51202 | 145.40 | 18,615 |
| Ilanga | 51203 | 2.15 | 2,378 |
| Macala | 51204 | 15.01 | 450 |
| Mapumulu | 51205 | 54.95 | 8,857 |
| Mdluli | 51206 | 58.85 | 11,477 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 51207 | 638.19 | 16,489 |
The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected bymixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected byfirst-past-the-post voting in sevenwards, while the remaining seven are chosen fromparty lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In theelection of 1 November 2021 theAfrican National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 7,825 | 63.77 | 7 | 7,794 | 63.61 | 2 | 9 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,670 | 13.61 | 0 | 1,647 | 13.44 | 2 | 2 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 1,405 | 11.45 | 0 | 1,447 | 11.81 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 996 | 8.12 | 0 | 987 | 8.06 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 249 | 2.03 | 0 | 264 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 46 | 0.37 | 0 | 44 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 44 | 0.36 | 0 | 34 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 35 | 0.29 | 0 | 35 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 12,270 | 100.00 | 7 | 12,252 | 100.00 | 7 | 14 | |
| Valid votes | 12,270 | 97.75 | 12,252 | 97.61 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 282 | 2.25 | 300 | 2.39 | ||||
| Total votes | 12,552 | 100.00 | 12,552 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 31,233 | 40.19 | 31,233 | 40.19 | ||||
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