UMdoni Local Municipality

{{Short description|Area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa}} {{lowercase title}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Umdoni | official_name = | other_name = | native_name = | settlement_type = Local municipality  | image_seal = Umdoni_CoA.png | seal_size = 150x100px  | image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Umdoni 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 = District | subdivision_name2 = Ugu  | seat = Scottburgh | parts_type = Wards |parts = 19  | 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 |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }}</ref> | government_type = Municipal council | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Sibongile Khathi | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 252  | 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 |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> | population_total = 78875 | 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|Black African}} | demographics1_info1 = 76.7% | demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}} | demographics1_info2 = 1.2% | demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}} | demographics1_info3 = 13.3% | demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}} | demographics1_info4 = 8.5%  | demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> | demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Zulu}} | demographics2_info1 = 67.0% | demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|English}} | demographics2_info2 = 23.0% | demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Xhosa}} | demographics2_info3 = 4.9% | demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}} | demographics2_info4 = 2.4% | demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}} | demographics2_info5 = 2.7%  | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2  | blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code | blank_info_sec1 = KZN212

| footnotes = }} '''uMdoni Municipality''' ({{langx|zu|UMasipala wase Mdoni}}) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. {{lang|zu|uMdoni}} is the isiZulu name for the indigenous forest waterberry (''Syzygium gerrardii'') plant.<ref>[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names]</ref>

==Main places== The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following 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 |- | Bazley Beach || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50201 50201] || 1.65 || 268 |- | KwaCele|| [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50202 50202] || 0.70 || 2,543 |- | Dududu || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50205 50205] || 7.78 || 5,642 |- | Elysium || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50203 50203] || 1.63 || 189 |- | Emalangeni || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50204 50204] || 2.54 || 7,009 |- | Ifafa Beach || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50206 50206] || 0.58 || 133 |- | Ifafa Marina || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50207 50207] || 0.53 || 187 |- | Kelso || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50208 50208] || 1.20 || 425 |- | Mtwalume || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50209 50209] || 2.89 || 610 |- | Park Rynie || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50210 50210] || 7.81 || 3,732 |- | Pennington || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50211 50211] || 9.40 || 2,332 |- | Scottburgh (CBD) || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50212 50212] || 1.58 || 2,131 |- | Sezela || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50213 50213] || 5.53 || 1,203 |- | Umzinto || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50215 50215] || 12.39 || 16,205 |- | ''Remainder of the municipality'' || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/50214 50214] || 118.87 || 4,138 |}

== Politics == {{main|uMdoni Local Municipality elections}} The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Umdoni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN212/short |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}</ref> {{Election results |firstround=Ward |secondround=List |party1=African National Congress |votes1=15122 |votes1_2=14955 |seats1=15 |seats1_2=2 |totseats1=17 |party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=6043 |votes2_2=6150 |seats2=4 |seats2_2=3 |totseats2=7 |party3=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes3=4605 |votes3_2=4948 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=5 |totseats3=5 |party4=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes4=3999 |votes4_2=3989 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=5 |totseats4=5 |party5=Allied Movement for Change |votes5=1153 |votes5_2=1025 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1 |party6=Abantu Batho Congress |votes6=746 |votes6_2=688 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1 |party7=Al Jama-ah |votes7=539 |votes7_2=522 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1 |party8=Independent candidates |votes8=619 |votes8_2= |seats8=0 |seats8_2= |totseats8=0 |party9=15 other parties |votes9=1255 |votes9_2=1767 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0 |invalid=606 |invalid2=756 |electorate=71831 |electorate2=71831 }}

===By-elections from November 2021 === The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.

{|class="wikitable" |- ! Date !! Ward !!colspan=2| Party of the previous councillor !!colspan=2| Party of the newly elected councillor |- | 27 July 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/Downloads/MBE-Results |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=results.elections.org.za}}</ref> | 52102013 | {{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|shortname=Democratic Alliance}} | {{Party name with colour |African National Congress|shortname=African National Congress}} |- |}

After the by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:

{{Election results |seattype1=Ward|seattype2=List|seattype3=Total |party1=African National Congress|votes1=|st1t1=16|st2t1=2|st3t1=18 |party2=Democratic Alliance|votes2=|st1t2=3|st2t2=3|st3t2=6 |party3=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes3=|st1t3=0|st2t3=5|st3t3=5 |party4=Economic Freedom Fighters|votes4=|st1t4=0|st2t4=5|st3t4=5 |party5=Allied Movement for Change|votes5=|st1t5=0|st2t5=1|st3t5=1 |party6=Abantu Batho Congress|votes6=|st1t6=0|st2t6=1|st3t6=1 |party7=Al Jama-ah|votes7=|st1t7=0|st2t7=1|st3t7=1 }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * http://www.umdoni.gov.za/

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