Mthonjaneni Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement | name = Mthonjaneni | official_name = | other_name = | native_name = | settlement_type = [[Local municipality (South Africa)|Local municipality]]  | image_seal = Mthonjaneni_CoA.png | seal_size = 150x100px  | image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Mthonjaneni highlighted.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = Location in KwaZulu-Natal | map_caption = Location in [[KwaZulu-Natal]] |coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[KwaZulu-Natal]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of South Africa|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality|King Cetshwayo]]  | seat = [[Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal|Melmoth]] | parts_type = [[Ward (South Africa)|Wards]] |parts = 6  | government_footnotes = <ref name="muni_mayor">{{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }} </ref> | government_type = [[Municipal council]] | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Mr Mbangiseni Biyela | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1086  | population_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}} </ref> | population_total = 47818 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population"/> | demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|[[Bantu-speaking peoples of South Africa|Black African]]}} | demographics1_info1 = 98.5% | demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|[[Coloureds|Coloured]]}} | demographics1_info2 = 0.4% | demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|[[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]}} | demographics1_info3 = 0.2% | demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|[[White South African|White]]}} | demographics1_info4 = 0.7%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="muni_langs">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}} </ref> | demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|[[Zulu language|Zulu]]}} | demographics2_info1 = 93.8% | demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|[[English language|English]]}} | demographics2_info2 = 1.7% | demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|[[Southern Ndebele language|Southern Ndebele]]}} | demographics2_info3 = 1.5% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = % | demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}} | demographics2_info5 = 3%  | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2  | blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code | blank_info_sec1 = KZN285

| footnotes = }} [[file:Mthonjaneni-hoogtes.jpg|thumb|right|The Mthonjaneni heights at the northern limit of the municipality]] '''Mthonjaneni''' is an administrative area in the [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality|King Cetshwayo District]] of [[KwaZulu-Natal]] in [[South Africa]].

Mthonjaneni is an [[Zulu language|isiZulu]] name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King [[Dingaan]] used to send his maidens to collect water for him.<ref>[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names]</ref>

The municipality was enlarged at the time of the [[South African municipal election, 2016]] when part of the disbanded [[Ntambanana Local Municipality]] was merged into it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zululandobserver.co.za/109381/ntambanana-municipality-to-dissolve-in-september/|title=Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September|publisher=Zululand Observer|date=22 April 2016}}</ref>

==Main places== The [[South African National Census of 2001|2001 census]] divided the municipality into the following [[Populated place|main places]]:<ref>[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Place !! Code !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!! Population |- | [[Biyela Kwanguye]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54101 54101]||8.25||1,560 |- | [[Entembeni]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54102 54102]||271.17||24,886 |- | [[Kwanguye]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54103 54103]||6.30||517 |- | [[Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal|Melmoth]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54104 54104]||12.10||1,816 |- | [[Mnanyando]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54105 54105]||17.64||3,794 |- | [[Obuka]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54107 54107]||22.88||1,902 |- | [[Thubalethu]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54108 54108]||1.34||5,137 |- | [[Yanguya]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54109 54109]||73.57||5,430 |- | ''Remainder of the municipality'' || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54106 54106]||672.29||5,329 |}

== Politics == {{main|Mthonjaneni Local Municipality elections}} The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by [[mixed-member proportional representation]]. Thirteen councillors are elected by [[first-past-the-post voting]] in thirteen [[ward (South Africa)|wards]], while the remaining twelve are chosen from [[party list]]s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the [[2021 South African municipal elections|election of 1 November 2021]] the [[Inkatha Freedom Party]] (IFP) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twelve seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mthonjaneni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN285 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}</ref> {{Election results |firstround=Ward |secondround=List |party1=[[Inkatha Freedom Party]] |votes1=10734 |votes1_2=11391 |seats1=8 |seats1_2=4 |totseats1=12 |party2=[[African National Congress]] |votes2=8755 |votes2_2=8735 |seats2=5 |seats2_2=5 |totseats2=10 |party3=[[Independent candidates]] |votes3=2088 |votes3_2= |seats3=0 |seats3_2= |totseats3=0 |party4=[[Academic Congress Union]] |votes4= |votes4_2=1430 |seats4= |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1 |party5=[[Economic Freedom Fighters]] |votes5=644 |votes5_2=675 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1 |party6=[[National Freedom Party]] |votes6=525 |votes6_2=510 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1 |party7=[[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] |votes7=118 |votes7_2=109 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0 |party8=[[African Transformation Movement]] |votes8=111 |votes8_2=93 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0 |party9=[[Abantu Batho Congress]] |votes9=65 |votes9_2=68 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0 |party10=[[African Christian Democratic Party]] |votes10=28 |votes10_2=45 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0 |party11=[[African People's Movement]] |votes11=11 |votes11_2=31 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0 |invalid=366 |invalid2=350 |electorate=45408 |electorate2=45408 }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * http://www.mthonjaneni.org.za/

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