Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nquthu Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Nquthu) is a local municipality within the Umzinyathi District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Nquthu is an isiZulu word meaning "the back of the head".[4]
Isandlwana is the site of a historic Anglo-Zulu War battle that took place on 22 January 1879, and is a well known tourist destination worldwide.[5]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place |
Code |
Area (km2) |
Population
|
| Buthanani |
52001 |
88.20 |
9,050
|
| Emandleni |
52002 |
250.76 |
8,877
|
| Godide |
52003 |
46.00 |
2,191
|
| Hlatshwayo |
52004 |
49.50 |
5,135
|
| Khiphinkunzi |
52005 |
168.71 |
26,233
|
| Mangidini |
52006 |
39.48 |
2,963
|
| Mbokodwebomvu |
52007 |
81.09 |
6,083
|
| Molefe |
52008 |
547.55 |
61,029
|
| Nondweni |
52009 |
7.61 |
7,173
|
| Nquthu |
52010 |
40.69 |
8,113
|
| Vulindlela |
52011 |
94.34 |
4,335
|
| Zondi |
52012 |
40.03 |
3,834
|
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of nineteen seats.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]
| Party | Ward | List | Total
seats |
|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 20,789 | 49.25 | 14 | 21,665 | 51.03 | 5 | 19 |
| African National Congress | 15,222 | 36.06 | 5 | 15,385 | 36.23 | 9 | 14 |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 3,030 | 7.18 | 0 | 2,955 | 6.96 | 3 | 3 |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 741 | 1.76 | 0 | 779 | 1.83 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent candidates | 704 | 1.67 | 0 | | 0 |
| Democratic Alliance | 355 | 0.84 | 0 | 342 | 0.81 | 0 | 0 |
| National Freedom Party | 298 | 0.71 | 0 | 312 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Future Generation Congress | 223 | 0.53 | 0 | 190 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 169 | 0.40 | 0 | 195 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 |
| National Peoples Ambassadors | 126 | 0.30 | 0 | 140 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 |
| African Transformation Movement | 135 | 0.32 | 0 | 103 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| African People's Movement | 115 | 0.27 | 0 | 108 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Freedom Party | 112 | 0.27 | 0 | 87 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 77 | 0.18 | 0 | 79 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 |
| African Mantungwa Community | 73 | 0.17 | 0 | 68 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 42 | 0.10 | 0 | 51 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42,211 | 100.00 | 19 | 42,459 | 100.00 | 18 | 37 |
|
| Valid votes | 42,211 | 98.61 | | 42,459 | 98.52 | | |
|---|
| Invalid/blank votes | 593 | 1.39 | | 637 | 1.48 | | |
|---|
| Total votes | 42,804 | 100.00 | | 43,096 | 100.00 | | |
|---|
| Registered voters/turnout | 80,324 | 53.29 | | 80,324 | 53.65 | | |
|---|
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