Richmond
Local municipality
Official seal of Richmond
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMgungundlovu
SeatRichmond
Wards7
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBonginkosi Ngcongo
Area
 • Total1,256 km2 (485 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total65,793
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African95.2%
 • Coloured0.9%
 • Indian/Asian1.1%
 • White2.6%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu86.3%
 • English5.2%
 • Xhosa2.6%
 • Sotho2.2%
 • Other3.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN227

Richmond Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Richmond) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Richmond was named after the Earl of Richmond, father in law of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape from 1844 to 1847.[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Esiphahleni 51301 18.25 2,847
Richmond 51305 37.38 14,162
Vumakwenza 51303 101.88 10,790
Vumindaba 51304 26.84 20,367
Remainder of the municipality 51302 1,047.71 15,050

Politics

Main article: Richmond Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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) won a majority of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress11,02768.68611,24470.8639
Economic Freedom Fighters1,88911.7701,96112.3622
Democratic Alliance1,0516.5501,1207.0611
Independent candidates1,2517.7911
Inkatha Freedom Party2311.4408365.2711
Patriotic Alliance1560.9702021.2700
United Democratic Movement1350.8401350.8500
African Transformation Movement1250.7801420.8900
People's Freedom Party1100.6901270.8000
Abantu Batho Congress800.5001020.6400
Total16,055100.00715,869100.00714
Valid votes16,05598.0615,86997.69
Invalid/blank votes3181.943752.31
Total votes16,373100.0016,244100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,56250.2832,56249.89

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 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Richmond". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

External links

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