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uMngeni Local Municipality

uMngeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Mngeni) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMngeni River that runs through the municipal area.[4]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councilors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of thirteen seats in the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "uMngeni (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ "Census 2011: Local Municipality: UMngeni".
  6. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: uMngeni" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: uMngeni" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Voter Turnout Report: uMngeni" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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