EMadlangeni Local Municipality

eMadlangeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Madlangeni), previously known as Utrecht Municipality, is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

eMadlangeni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Amajuba
Seat	Utrecht
Wards	6
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Lindile Mhlungu
Area
• Total	3,539 km2 (1,366 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	34,442
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	92.7%
• Coloured	1.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	5.7%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Zulu	87.9%
• Afrikaans	6.1%
• English	1.7%
• Other	4.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN253

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[3]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Utrecht	52503	57.60	4,365
Waterval	52502	19.01	2,948
Remainder of the municipality	52501	3,462.16	24,969

Politics

Main article: eMadlangeni Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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, with both the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) winning four seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[4]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2,601	32.94	3	2,930	37.06	1	4
	African National Congress	2,269	28.74	2	2,320	29.34	2	4
	Democratic Alliance	773	9.79	1	879	11.12	0	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	729	9.23	0	800	10.12	1	1
	National Freedom Party	377	4.77	0	353	4.46	1	1
	Independent candidates	585	7.41	0				0
	Patriotic Alliance	181	2.29	0	166	2.10	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	113	1.43	0	95	1.20	0	0
	Team Sugar South Africa	70	0.89	0	101	1.28	0	0
	KZN Independence	29	0.37	0	98	1.24	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	39	0.49	0	40	0.51	0	0
	Royal Loyal Progress	37	0.47	0	40	0.51	0	0
	African People's Movement	39	0.49	0	33	0.42	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	31	0.39	0	23	0.29	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	23	0.29	0	29	0.37	0	0
Total		7,896	100.00	6	7,907	100.00	5	11
Valid votes		7,896	97.04		7,907	97.09
Invalid/blank votes		241	2.96		237	2.91
Total votes		8,137	100.00		8,144	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,019	54.18		15,019	54.22

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — eMadlangeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

External links

• http://emadlangeni.gov.za/

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