Maphumulo | |
Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
Seal Size: | 150x100px |
Map Alt: | Location in KwaZulu-Natal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | iLembe |
Seat: | Maphumulo |
Parts Type: | Wards |
Parts: | 11 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | ANC |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Zibuyisile Fortunate Khuzwayo-Dlamini |
Area Total Km2: | 896 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 96724 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
Demographics1 Info1: | 99.7% |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.1% |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.1% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
Demographics2 Info1: | 95.4% |
Demographics2 Info2: | 1.4% |
Demographics2 Info3: | 1.2% |
Demographics2 Info4: | % |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | KZN294 |
Maphumulo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Maphumulo is an isiZulu name meaning "place of rest".[4]
The municipality is predominantly rural, comprising mostly tribal land, which is administered by the Ingonyama Trust on behalf of local communities. Sugar-cane cultivation is the predominant economic activity and land use in the municipality. Subsistence agricultural activities in the form of small cropping areas attached to traditional family units dominate land usage.[5]
The only major town in the municipality is Maphumulo.[6]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[7]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
---|---|---|---|---|
54601 | 27.75 | 6,159 | ||
54602 | 21.80 | 1,201 | ||
54603 | 38.96 | 4,704 | ||
54604 | 33.88 | 7,044 | ||
54605 | 118.39 | 13,850 | ||
54606 | 255.76 | 35,208 | ||
54607 | 9.62 | 949 | ||
54608 | 177.93 | 19,370 | ||
54609 | 58.95 | 3,959 | ||
54610 | 30.28 | 5,710 | ||
54611 | 80.50 | 16,906 | ||
54612 | 41.25 | 5,594 |
See main article: Maphumulo Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of eleven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[8]