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Umzumbe
Local municipality
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Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ugu
Seat	Mtwalume
Wards	19
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Londolo Zungu
Area
• Total	1,259 km (486 sq mi)
Population
• Total	160,975
• Density	130/km (330/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.6%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	95.9%
• Southern Ndebele	1.0%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN213

Umzumbe Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Mzumbe) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River. Towns within the municipal boundaries include Friedenau, KwaDweshula, St Faith’s, and Umzumbe.

Income levels in the municipality are very low, and reflect a situation of acute impoverishment. Almost 60% of all households have an income of less than R500 per month. Households rely for survival on pension and other welfare grants, migrant remittances, informal earnings and casual employment wages.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. South African Languages - Place names
4. "Umzumbe Local Municipality Contact Details". Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Home. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
5. KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Umzumbe Municipality
6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umzumbe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Umzumbe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

External links

• http://www.umzumbe.gov.za/
• http://umzumbe.local.gov.za/

v t e Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal
Metropolitan	eThekwini (Durban)
District and local	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
List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal

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