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Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Harry Gwala District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Ubuhlebezwe is an isiZulu name meaning "The Beauty of the Land". The name is derived from Alan Paton's novel, Cry, The Beloved Country.[4]

Ubuhlebezwe
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictHarry Gwala District
SeatIxopo
Wards12
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNoleen Joanne Peterson
Area
 • Total1,604 km2 (619 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total101,691
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African97.5%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White0.8%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu91.6%
 • English3.1%
 • Xhosa1.6%
 • Southern Ndebele1.3%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN434

Main places


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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amakhuze5510140.534,726
Dlamini/Vusathina Mazulu5510219.133,532
Dunge5510347.702,666
Ikhwezi/Lokusa5510448.5612,316
Ixopo551056.248,434
Izimpethu Endlovu5510610.23751
Mjoli/Mawushe(Sizwe Hlanganani)5510772.4712,580
Nyuswa5510833.784,063
Shiyabanye/Nhlangwini5510985.9611,476
Ukuthula5511120.0410,208
Vukani5511255.929,804
Vumakwenza/Sangcwaba5511394.134,524
Remainder of the municipality551101,091.7816,873

Politics


Main article: Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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) won a majority of eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress18,09461.681318,69464.42518
Economic Freedom Fighters3,37511.5003,69812.7433
Inkatha Freedom Party2,0436.9602,7909.6122
Independent candidates3,28011.1811
Democratic Alliance1,0263.5001,1043.8011
African Independent Congress8132.7701,0463.6011
National Freedom Party1870.6409443.2511
People's Freedom Party2100.7201780.6100
Abantu Batho Congress1140.3901520.5200
African Transformation Movement680.2301940.6700
African Christian Democratic Party990.3401270.4400
South African Peoples Movement270.090920.3200
Total29,336100.001429,019100.001327
Valid votes29,33696.2229,01995.89
Invalid/blank votes1,1543.781,2454.11
Total votes30,490100.0030,264100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,55152.9857,55152.59

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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ubuhlebezwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-12.



На других языках

[de] Ubuhlebezwe (Gemeinde)

Ubuhlebezwe (englisch Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt Harry Gwala der südafrikanischen Provinz KwaZulu-Natal. Der Sitz der Gemeindeverwaltung befindet sich in Ixopo. Bürgermeister ist Zamokwakhe Nxumalo.[1]
- [en] Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality


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