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
Local municipality
Coordinates: 28.929°S 29.889°E / -28.929; 29.889
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uThukela
Seat	Estcourt
Wards	24
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mduduzi T Myeza[1] (IFP)
• Deputy Mayor	Nhlanhla S Dladla (IFP)
• Speaker	S W Khumalo (IFP)
Area [2]
• Total	3,399 km2 (1,312 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	196,226
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN237

Politics

Main article: Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality elections

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]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	23,102	43.13	14	24,209	45.13	7	21
	African National Congress	18,490	34.52	8	19,303	35.99	9	17
	National Freedom Party	3,094	5.78	0	3,013	5.62	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	2,700	5.04	0	2,764	5.15	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,664	4.97	1	2,737	5.10	1	2
	Independent candidates	2,036	3.80	1				1
	African People's Movement	443	0.83	0	430	0.80	0	0
	United Cultural Movement	372	0.69	0	322	0.60	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	230	0.43	0	210	0.39	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	82	0.15	0	200	0.37	0	0
	Al Jama-ah	122	0.23	0	128	0.24	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	99	0.18	0	69	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	34	0.06	0	133	0.25	0	0
	Black First Land First	84	0.16	0	51	0.10	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	14	0.03	0	72	0.13	0	0
Total		53,566	100.00	24	53,641	100.00	23	47
Valid votes		53,566	98.35		53,641	98.23
Invalid/blank votes		901	1.65		964	1.77
Total votes		54,467	100.00		54,605	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		98,630	55.22		98,630	55.36

References

1. "New Council Sworn in". Inkosi Langalibalele Municipality. 23 Nov 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
2. 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.