UMdoni Local Municipality

Area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Umdoni

Local municipality

Seal

Location in KwaZulu-Natal

Country| South Africa
Province| KwaZulu-Natal
District| Ugu
Seat| Scottburgh
Wards| 19
Government

[1]

• Type| Municipal council
• Mayor| Sibongile Khathi
Area

• Total

| 252 km2 (97 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[2]

• Total

| 78,875
• Density| 310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)

[2]

• Black African| 76.7%
• Coloured| 1.2%
• Indian/Asian| 13.3%
• White| 8.5%
First languages (2011)

[2]

• Zulu| 67.0%
• English| 23.0%
• Xhosa| 4.9%
• Afrikaans| 2.4%
• Other| 2.7%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code| KZN212

uMdoni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Mdoni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. uMdoni is the isiZulu name for the indigenous forest waterberry (Syzygium gerrardii) plant.[3]

## Main places

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The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population

|
|
|

Bazley Beach | 50201 | 1.65 | 268
KwaCele | 50202 | 0.70 | 2,543
Dududu | 50205 | 7.78 | 5,642
Elysium | 50203 | 1.63 | 189
Emalangeni | 50204 | 2.54 | 7,009
Ifafa Beach | 50206 | 0.58 | 133
Ifafa Marina | 50207 | 0.53 | 187
Kelso | 50208 | 1.20 | 425
Mtwalume | 50209 | 2.89 | 610
Park Rynie | 50210 | 7.81 | 3,732
Pennington | 50211 | 9.40 | 2,332
Scottburgh (CBD) | 50212 | 1.58 | 2,131
Sezela | 50213 | 5.53 | 1,203
Umzinto | 50215 | 12.39 | 16,205
Remainder of the municipality | 50214 | 118.87 | 4,138

## Politics

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Main article: uMdoni Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

|
|
|

Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 15,122| 44.37| 15| 14,955| 43.93| 2| 17
| Democratic Alliance| 6,043| 17.73| 4| 6,150| 18.06| 3| 7
| Inkatha Freedom Party| 4,605| 13.51| 0| 4,948| 14.53| 5| 5
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 3,999| 11.73| 0| 3,989| 11.72| 5| 5
| Allied Movement for Change| 1,153| 3.38| 0| 1,025| 3.01| 1| 1
| Abantu Batho Congress| 746| 2.19| 0| 688| 2.02| 1| 1
| Al Jama-ah| 539| 1.58| 0| 522| 1.53| 1| 1
| Independent candidates| 619| 1.82| 0| | 0
| 15 other parties| 1,255| 3.68| 0| 1,767| 5.19| 0| 0
Total| 34,081| 100.00| 19| 34,044| 100.00| 18| 37
Valid votes| 34,081| 98.25| | 34,044| 97.83| |
Invalid/blank votes| 606| 1.75| | 756| 2.17| |
Total votes| 34,687| 100.00| | 34,800| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 71,831| 48.29| | 71,831| 48.45| |

### By-elections from November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.

Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor

|
|
|

27 July 2022[6] | 52102013  |  | Democratic Alliance |  | African National Congress

After the by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:

Party| Seats

|

Ward| List| Total
| African National Congress| 16| 2| 18
| Democratic Alliance| 3| 3| 6
| Inkatha Freedom Party| 0| 5| 5
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 0| 5| 5
| Allied Movement for Change| 0| 1| 1
| Abantu Batho Congress| 0| 1| 1
| Al Jama-ah| 0| 1| 1
Total| 19| 18| 37

## References

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1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. ^ South African Languages - Place names
4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Umdoni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
6. ^ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2022-07-28.

## External links

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* http://www.umdoni.gov.za/

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Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal

Metropolitan|

* eThekwini (Durban)

District
and local|

| Ugu|

* Ray Nkonyeni
* uMdoni
* uMuziwabantu
* Umzumbe
* Vulamehlo (dissolved in 2016)

|

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
* Johannes Phumani Phungula
* Umzimkhulu

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