Alfred Duma Local Municipality

Alfred Duma Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Alfred Duma) is a local municipality within the uThukela District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established for the August 2016 local elections by merging the Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities.[2]

Alfred Duma Local Municipality
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Alfred Duma highlighted
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Alfred Duma highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuThukela
SeatLadysmith
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total3,764 km2 (1,453 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total340,553
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN238

Politics

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The municipal council consists of seventy-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-seven wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a plurality of thirty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Inkatha Freedom Party37,72344.192139,11445.731233
African National Congress32,39437.951432,27837.741428
Economic Freedom Fighters5,0825.9505,1856.0655
Democratic Alliance3,3823.9623,6154.2313
National Freedom Party1,4231.6701,4141.6511
National Peoples Ambassadors7350.8609151.0711
African People's Movement8531.0006590.7711
Independent candidates1,4541.7000
Abantu Batho Congress7000.8206050.7111
Justice and Employment Party2880.3404070.4800
Freedom Front Plus3540.4102510.2900
United Cultural Movement2260.2602290.2700
African Christian Democratic Party1880.2201900.2200
African Transformation Movement1430.1702060.2400
National Democratic Convention1680.2001400.1600
African Mantungwa Community1370.1601220.1400
African People's Convention920.1101080.1300
Congress of the People250.030950.1100
Total85,367100.003785,533100.003673
Valid votes85,36798.6785,53398.51
Invalid/blank votes1,1541.331,2971.49
Total votes86,521100.0086,830100.00
Registered voters/turnout161,68853.51161,68853.70

By-elections from November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.[4]

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor
28 Jun 2023[5] 29 Inkatha Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party

References

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  1. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Emnambithi/Ladysmith, Indaka.
  2. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Alfred Duma". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  4. ^ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ Sussman, Wayne (2023-06-29). "JUNE BY-ELECTIONS: PA benefits from absent DA to trounce ANC in Joburg ward, but ruling party records crucial win over IFP in KZN". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-06-29.