Newcastle Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Newcastle) is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Newcastle | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Amajuba |
Seat | Newcastle |
Wards | 34 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
Area | |
• Total | 1,855 km2 (716 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 363,236 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 91.9% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.2% |
• White | 3.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 85.6% |
• English | 6.4% |
• Afrikaans | 3.5% |
• Other | 4.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN252 |
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Charlestown | 52401 | 18.48 | 3,204 |
Hlubi | 52402 | 108.11 | 73,931 |
Madadeni | 52403 | 25.15 | 116,798 |
Newcastle | 52404 | 199.06 | 44,123 |
Ngagane | 52405 | 4.90 | 1,206 |
Osizweni | 52406 | 15.35 | 80,265 |
Remainder of the municipality | 52408 | 1,483.87 | 13,449 |
The municipal council consists of sixty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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 twenty-two seats. A coalition was formed between the IFP, Team Sugar, DA, ActionSA and the FF+ to keep the ANC out. The IFP as the largest party in the coalition took the position of Mayor (Xolani Dube) and Speaker of council (Thengi Zulu), while Team Sugar took the deputy mayor position (Musa Thwala), ActionSA the Chief whip position (Faizel Cassim) and the DA were given MPAC. The following table shows the results of the election.
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 25,019 | 30.84 | 21 | 25,658 | 31.76 | 1 | 22 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 19,518 | 24.06 | 6 | 21,712 | 26.88 | 12 | 18 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 9,746 | 12.01 | 0 | 9,775 | 12.10 | 8 | 8 | |
Team Sugar South Africa | 8,167 | 10.07 | 2 | 8,541 | 10.57 | 5 | 7 | |
Democratic Alliance | 6,146 | 7.58 | 4 | 6,109 | 7.56 | 1 | 5 | |
ActionSA | 2,772 | 3.42 | 1 | 2,898 | 3.59 | 2 | 3 | |
Independent candidates | 3,855 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Freedom Front Plus | 990 | 1.22 | 0 | 978 | 1.21 | 1 | 1 | |
National Freedom Party | 846 | 1.04 | 0 | 966 | 1.20 | 1 | 1 | |
Patriotic Alliance | 614 | 0.76 | 0 | 560 | 0.69 | 1 | 1 | |
African Transformation Movement | 467 | 0.58 | 0 | 499 | 0.62 | 1 | 1 | |
16 other parties | 2,977 | 3.67 | 0 | 3,084 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 81,117 | 100.00 | 34 | 80,780 | 100.00 | 33 | 67 | |
Valid votes | 81,117 | 97.90 | 80,780 | 97.89 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,740 | 2.10 | 1,741 | 2.11 | ||||
Total votes | 82,857 | 100.00 | 82,521 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 181,563 | 45.64 | 181,563 | 45.45 |
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