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Dannhauser Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler who in 1872 purchased four farms in the area from the then owner, the Natal government.[3]

Dannhauser
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictAmajuba
SeatDannhauser
Wards11
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBongekile Magdalene Shabalala
Area
 • Total1,516 km2 (585 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total102,161
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African97.5%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian1.4%
 • White0.8%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu93.9%
 • English2.1%
 • Other4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN254

The major economic sectors within Dannhauser are agriculture and mining. Mining is however, undergoing a movement away from large scale operations to smaller operations.[4]


Main places


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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dannhauser5260717.724,903
Durnacol5260219.491,598
Ekudabuleni526030.30565
Gule5260450.478,451
Hattingspruit526052.67476
Hlubi52606360.5979,377
Remainder of the municipality526011,064.457,397

Politics


Main article: Dannhauser Local Municipality elections

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 African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, winning a plurality of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress8,06034.1868,50635.7539
Inkatha Freedom Party6,95129.4767,87533.1028
Economic Freedom Fighters2,3209.8402,58410.8633
Abantu Batho Congress1,3065.5401,1564.8611
Team Sugar South Africa6592.7907233.0411
Independent candidates1,3505.7211
Community Freedom Party6052.5705122.1511
Democratic Alliance4311.8305282.2211
10 other parties1,9028.0601,9108.0300
Total23,584100.001323,794100.001225
Valid votes23,58497.6623,79497.65
Invalid/blank votes5642.345732.35
Total votes24,148100.0024,367100.00
Registered voters/turnout50,48047.8450,48048.27

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. KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Dannhauser Municipality
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dannhauser". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-27.



На других языках

[de] Dannhauser (Gemeinde)

Dannhauser (englisch Dannhauser Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt Amajuba der südafrikanischen Provinz KwaZulu-Natal. Der Verwaltungssitz der Gemeinde befindet sich in der gleichnamigen Stadt Dannhauser. Der ANC stellt die Mehrheit im Gemeinderat. Bürgermeisterin ist J. P. Phakathi.[1]
- [en] Dannhauser Local Municipality


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