Jozini Municipality () is a local municipality within the Umkhanyakude District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Significant portions of the municipality have been neglected in terms of economic development. There is a great disparity between the level of service and infrastructure provision between settlement nodes, such as the towns of Mkuze and Jozini, and the surrounding rural areas. Most of the rural area is associated with a lack of development, poverty and poor service provision.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place Code Area (km2) Population Ingwavuma 533011.721,089 Jozini 533120.45543 Manukuza/Jobe 53303280.6518,277 Mathenjwa 53304435.1326,332 Mkuze 533051.041,834 Mngomezulu 53306277.8218,676 Myeni/Ngwenya 53307138.3410,146 Myeni/Ntsinde 53308172.9116,524 Ndumu Game Reserve 53309110.4372 Nyawo 53310909.8568,148 Sqakatha 53311238.2219,818 Remainder of the municipality 53302523.022,628
Politics
The municipal council consists of 45 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won 24 out of the 45 seats.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
References
External links Jozini Municipality - Jozini Municipality Home Page