Umzumbe Municipality () is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River. South African Languages - Place names Towns within the municipal boundaries include Friedenau, KwaDweshula, St Faith’s, and Mathulini.
Income levels in the municipality are very low, and reflect a situation of acute impoverishment. Almost 60% of all households have an income of less than R500 per month. Households rely for survival on pension and other welfare grants, migrant remittances, informal earnings and casual employment wages.KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Umzumbe Municipality
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Bhekani 503019.38477 Cele 50302275.5324,598 Dungeni 5030339.275,363 Emandleni 5030441.856,065 Hlongwa 5030519.893,853 Mbhele / Amaphuthu 5030662.108,776 Ndelu 50307107.6018,178 Nhlangwini 5030883.0316,764 Nyavini 50309171.5219,130 Qoloqolo 5031054.5114,177 Qwabe P 5031157.4010,504 Shiyabanye 5031215.891,541 St Faith’s 50313113.5610,652 Thulini 5031489.7645,733
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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) won a majority of thirty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 32,816 33,309 66,125 75.6 20 10 30 7,500 7,097 14,597 16.7 0 6 6 1,415 1,584 2,999 3.4 0 1 1 685 661 1,346 1.5 0 1 1 587 628 1,215 1.4 0 1 1 320 392 712 0.8 0 0 0 509 – 509 0.6 0 – 0 Total 43,832 43,671 87,503 100.0 20 19 39 Spoilt votes 1,244 1,284 2,528
References
External links http://www.umzumbe.gov.za/ http://umzumbe.local.gov.za/