Ntambanana Local Municipality was a local municipality within the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. In 2016 the municipality was dissolved and its territory divided between Mthonjaneni Local Municipality, uMhlathuze Local Municipality and uMfolozi Local Municipality.
Ntambanana | |
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Local municipality | |
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![]() Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
Coordinates: 28°35′S 31°44′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | uThungulu |
Seat | Bhucanana |
Wards | 8 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Bhekuyise Justice Biyela |
Area | |
• Total | 1,083 km2 (418 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 74,336 |
• Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.4% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 95.6% |
• Southern Ndebele | 1.4% |
• English | 1.3% |
• Other | 1.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN283 |
The municipality was named after the Ntambanana River, which passes through the municipality.[3]
The Ingonyama Trust owns 85% of the land in the former municipal area, with the remaining 15% being privately owned by commercial farmers.[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Bhukhanana | 53901 | 22.61 | 6,348 |
Biyela | 53902 | 508.06 | 44,698 |
Cebekhulu | 53903 | 56.57 | 7,334 |
Mambuka | 53904 | 66.50 | 11,755 |
Mhlana | 53905 | 7.28 | 493 |
Somopho | 53907 | 92.86 | 12,223 |
Remainder of the municipality | 53906 | 330.93 | 1,918 |
The municipal council consisted of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining eight were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority, and the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 8,657 | 9,297 | 17,954 | 43.7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
IFP | 7,468 | 7,423 | 14,891 | 36.3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
NFP | 3,840 | 3,802 | 7,642 | 18.6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Independent | 584 | – | 584 | 1.4 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Total | 20,549 | 20,522 | 41,071 | 100.0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
Spoilt votes | 366 | 461 | 827 |
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