eDumbe Municipality () is a local municipality within the Zululand District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the Dumbe mountain. South African Languages - Place names
Only 23% of the municipality's population live in urban areas, while 77% live in the rural hinterland of the municipality. This factor has severe implications on actual service delivery and the cost thereof. Most settlements developed organically and are unplanned, it lacks basic services and facilities and provide limited opportunities for economic development.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Bilanyoni 52701294.3141,289 Dumbe 527022.676,942 Mthethwa 5270469.259,471 Paulpietersburg 527052.201,462 Pongola Bush Nature Reserve 527068.75197 Remainder of the municipality 527031,570.3022,868
Politics
The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 National Freedom Party won a plurality of seats.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links https://www.edumbe.gov.za/