Newcastle Local Municipality
Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Newcastle | |
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.svg.png.webp) Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Amajuba |
| Seat | Newcastle |
| Wards | 34 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,855 km2 (716 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 363,236 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 91.9% |
| • Coloured | 0.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.2% |
| • White | 3.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 85.6% |
| • English | 6.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 3.5% |
| • Other | 4.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN252 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown | 52401 | 18.48 | 3,204 |
| Hlubi | 52402 | 108.11 | 73,931 |
| Madadeni | 52403 | 25.15 | 116,798 |
| Newcastle | 52404 | 199.06 | 44,123 |
| Ngagane | 52405 | 4.90 | 1,206 |
| Osizweni | 52406 | 15.35 | 80,265 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 52408 | 1,483.87 | 13,449 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twenty-two seats. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 25,019 | 30.84 | 21 | 25,658 | 31.76 | 1 | 22 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 19,518 | 24.06 | 6 | 21,712 | 26.88 | 12 | 18 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 9,746 | 12.01 | 0 | 9,775 | 12.10 | 8 | 8 | |
| Team Sugar South Africa | 8,167 | 10.07 | 2 | 8,541 | 10.57 | 5 | 7 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 6,146 | 7.58 | 4 | 6,109 | 7.56 | 1 | 5 | |
| ActionSA | 2,772 | 3.42 | 1 | 2,898 | 3.59 | 2 | 3 | |
| Independent candidates | 3,855 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Freedom Front Plus | 990 | 1.22 | 0 | 978 | 1.21 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Freedom Party | 846 | 1.04 | 0 | 966 | 1.20 | 1 | 1 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 614 | 0.76 | 0 | 560 | 0.69 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 467 | 0.58 | 0 | 499 | 0.62 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 other parties | 2,977 | 3.67 | 0 | 3,084 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 81,117 | 100.00 | 34 | 80,780 | 100.00 | 33 | 67 | |
| Valid votes | 81,117 | 97.90 | 80,780 | 97.89 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,740 | 2.10 | 1,741 | 2.11 | ||||
| Total votes | 82,857 | 100.00 | 82,521 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 181,563 | 45.64 | 181,563 | 45.45 | ||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Newcastle". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
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