Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality

Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Big Five Hlabisa
Local municipality
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Big Five Hlabisa highlighted
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMkhanyakude
Seat	Hlabisa
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Area
• Total	3,466 km (1,338 sq mi)
Population
• Total	107,183
• Density	31/km (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN276
Website	www.big5hlabisa.gov.za/index.php/en/

Big Five Hlabisa Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Big Five Hlabisa) is a local municipality within the uMkhanyakude District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established for the August 2016 local elections by merging The Big 5 False Bay and Hlabisa local municipalities.

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 fifteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	16,908	53.93	13	17,968	57.25	2	15
	African National Congress	10,206	32.56	0	10,602	33.78	9	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,043	3.33	0	1,093	3.48	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,701	5.43	1				1
	National Freedom Party	665	2.12	0	630	2.01	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	338	1.08	0	360	1.15	0	0
	KZN Independence	211	0.67	0	392	1.25	0	0
	Independent Alliance	130	0.41	0	183	0.58	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	56	0.18	0	45	0.14	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	56	0.18	0	42	0.13	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	32	0.10	0	39	0.12	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	3	0.01	0	29	0.09	0	0
Total		31,349	100.00	14	31,383	100.00	13	27

Valid votes		31,349	98.51		31,383	98.57
Invalid/blank votes		475	1.49		455	1.43
Total votes		31,824	100.00		31,838	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		56,212	56.61		56,212	56.64

^ Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for The Big 5 False Bay, Hlabisa.
"The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
"Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Big Five Hlabisa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

Ugu	Ray Nkonyeni uMdoni uMuziwabantu Umzumbe Vulamehlo
Umgungundlovu	Impendle Mkhambathini Mpofana Msunduzi Richmond uMngeni uMshwathi
Uthukela	Alfred Duma Inkosi Langalibalele Okhahlamba
Umzinyathi	Endumeni Msinga Nquthu Umvoti
Amajuba	Dannhauser eMadlangeni Newcastle
Zululand	Abaqulusi eDumbe Nongoma Ulundi uPhongolo
Umkhanyakude	Big Five Hlabisa Jozini Mtubatuba uMhlabuyalingana
King Cetshwayo	uMfolozi Mthonjaneni Nkandla Ntambanana uMhlathuze uMlalazi
iLembe	KwaDukuza Mandeni Maphumulo Ndwedwe
Harry Gwala	Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Greater Kokstad Ubuhlebezwe Umzimkhulu