Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality was a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is accessible from the N3 and N11 national highways.
The town of Ladysmith is the economic hub of the municipality; it accommodates the municipal offices, major schools, main police station and magistrates court, as well as a variety of commercial, industrial, and retail outlets.Integrated Development Plan 2007/2008. Emnambithi-Ladysmith Municipality. Retrieved on Oct 10, 2009.
After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Alfred Duma Local Municipality.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Abantungwa/Kholwa 51401245.2557,273Zulu Colenso 514024.904,476Zulu Ezakheni 5140439.0059,943Zulu Kliprivier NU 514062.80381Zulu Kliprivier 51405107.2127,696Zulu Ladysmith 5140791.9741,425Zulu Mchunu 5140834.422,301Zulu Mthembu 5140980.706,920Zulu Mvelani 514102.4311,898Zulu Nkankezi 514114.86824Zulu Remainder of the municipality 514032,350.7212,316Zulu
Politics The municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 38,323 39,333 77,656 63.4 25 9 34 9,698 9,475 19,173 15.6 0 8 8 6,978 6,630 13,608 11.1 0 6 6 4,746 4,664 9,410 7.7 2 2 4 662 507 1,169 1.0 0 1 1 348 318 666 0.5 0 0 0 101 207 308 0.3 0 0 0 96 146 242 0.2 0 0 0 192 – 192 0.2 0 – 0 79 37 116 0.1 0 0 0 Total 61,223 61,317 122,540 100.0 27 26 53 Spoilt votes 994 894 1,888
References
External links Official website