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Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (Inja yeGame)
Local municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictHarry Gwala
SeatCreighton
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSindisiwe Msomi
Area
 • Total3,602 km (1,391 sq mi)
Population
 • Total113,446
 • Density31/km (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN436

Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala i-Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma) is a local municipality within the Harry Gwala District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established after the 2016 municipal elections by merging the Ingwe and Kwa Sani local municipalities.

Politics

Main article: Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress16,25052.341417,07355.25216
Economic Freedom Fighters5,80518.7006,00519.4366
Inkatha Freedom Party4,27413.7714,45414.4134
Democratic Alliance2,4117.7702,4307.8633
Independent candidates1,6325.2600
People's Freedom Party2490.8002430.7900
National Freedom Party1330.4301960.6300
Abantu Batho Congress1510.4901620.5200
African Christian Democratic Party980.3201210.3900
African Transformation Movement360.1201010.3300
Congress of the People70.0201190.3900
Total31,046100.001530,904100.001429
Valid votes31,04697.4430,90497.30
Invalid/blank votes8172.568582.70
Total votes31,863100.0031,762100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,33655.5757,33655.40

References

  1. ^ Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Ingwe, Kwa Sani.
  2. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

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