Umvoti Local Municipality

Umvoti Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Umvoti
Local municipality
Official seal of Umvoti
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMzinyathi
SeatGreytown
Wards14
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPhilani Mavundla (ABC)
Area
 • Total2,516 km2 (971 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total103,093
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African94.6%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian2.2%
 • White2.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu90.9%
 • English5.0%
 • Other4.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN245

The municipality is named after the Umvoti River, which runs from the west to the east towards the Indian Ocean. The municipality is situated nearer the mouth of the river.[4]

Greytown, a small but vibrant town, is the main provider of higher income jobs in senior management, professional, technical, clerks, service related and skilled, providing 26.8% of all jobs in the Umvoti area. The manufacturing sector makes the second largest contribution to the local economy. There is limited economic activity taking place within the traditional authority areas.[5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amakhabela52301352.1413,734
Bomvu52302120.1518,054
Cele Nhlangwini5230326.606,447
Enhlalakahle523041.458,530
Greytown523056.837,290
Hlongwa5230612.2421
Kranskop523071.47834
Mgome5230828.542,195
Mthembu5230954.989,031
Ngcolosi5231075.635,006
Ntanzi523116.91214
Remainder of the municipality523121,824.1620,935

Politics
Main article: Umvoti Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of ten seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress11,84735.97611,92136.29410
Inkatha Freedom Party10,79732.78511,11333.8349
Abantu Batho Congress8,00424.3038,16224.8547
Democratic Alliance7492.2707662.3311
Economic Freedom Fighters5941.8005111.5600
Independent candidates5111.5500
African Mantungwa Community2460.7501580.4800
National Freedom Party1130.3401370.4200
African Transformation Movement750.230820.2500
Total32,936100.001432,850100.001327
Valid votes32,93698.5032,85098.03
Invalid/blank votes5011.506611.97
Total votes33,437100.0033,511100.00
Registered voters/turnout59,50156.2059,50156.32

By-elections from November 2021

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

DateWardParty of the previous councillorParty of the newly elected councillor
31 May 2022[8] 13 African National Congress African National Congress
3 August 2022[9]52405005 Inkatha Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  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 - Umvoti Municipality
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Umvoti". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  8. "Our result from KZN finally came in". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  9. "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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