Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality

Inkosi Langalibalele Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala we Nkosi Langalibalele) is a local municipality within the uThukela District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established after the 2016 South African municipal elections by merging the Imbabazane and uMtshezi local municipalities.[3]

Inkosi Langalibalele
Coordinates: 28°55′44″S 29°53′20″E / 28.929°S 29.889°E / -28.929; 29.889
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuThukela
SeatEstcourt
Wards24
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMduduzi T Myeza[1] (IFP)
 • Deputy MayorNhlanhla S Dladla (IFP)
 • SpeakerS W Khumalo (IFP)
Area
 • Total3,399 km2 (1,312 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total196,226
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN237

Politics

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The municipal council consists of forty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received.

In the election of 1 November 2021 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) obtained a plurality of twenty-one seats.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party23,10243.131424,20945.13721
African National Congress18,49034.52819,30335.99917
National Freedom Party3,0945.7803,0135.6233
Democratic Alliance2,7005.0402,7645.1533
Economic Freedom Fighters2,6644.9712,7375.1012
Independent candidates2,0363.8011
African People's Movement4430.8304300.8000
United Cultural Movement3720.6903220.6000
Freedom Front Plus2300.4302100.3900
African Mantungwa Community820.1502000.3700
Al Jama-ah1220.2301280.2400
Abantu Batho Congress990.180690.1300
Congress of the People340.0601330.2500
Black First Land First840.160510.1000
African Transformation Movement140.030720.1300
Total53,566100.002453,641100.002347
Valid votes53,56698.3553,64198.23
Invalid/blank votes9011.659641.77
Total votes54,467100.0054,605100.00
Registered voters/turnout98,63055.2298,63055.36

References

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  1. ^ "New Council Sworn in". Inkosi Langalibalele Municipality. 23 Nov 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Imbabazane, uMtshezi.
  3. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Inkosi Langalibalele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.