Mtubatuba Local Municipality
| Mtubatuba | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | uMkhanyakude | |
| Seat | Mtubatuba | |
| Wards | 19 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Christopher George Swartz | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,738 km2 (671 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 175,425 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 98.1% | |
| • Coloured | 0.4% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 1.1% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Zulu | 93.1% | |
| • English | 2.9% | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.3% | |
| • Other | 2.7% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN275 | |
Mtubatuba is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) formed a government with the support of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 28°25′S 32°11′E / 28.417°S 32.183°E
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