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Kwa Sani Local Municipality

Kwa Sani
Local municipality
Official seal of Kwa Sani
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District Harry Gwala
Seat Himeville
Wards 4
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Thulani Khuluse
Area
 • Total 1,852 km2 (715 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 12,898
 • Density 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 87.9%
 • Coloured 0.9%
 • Indian/Asian 0.4%
 • White 10.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu 82.2%
 • English 10.6%
 • Xhosa 2.4%
 • Sotho 1.6%
 • Other 3.2%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN432

Kwa Sani Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Harry Gwala of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Kwa Sani is an isiZulu name. "Kwa" means "at" and "Sani" means "San people". The name was chosen because it was easy to pronounce for overseas visitors to the World Heritage Site of uKhahlamba.

After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged with Ingwe Local Municipality into the new Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Local Municipality.

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

The municipal council consisted of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Coordinates: 29°45′S 29°30′E / 29.750°S 29.500°E / -29.750; 29.500


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