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Umdoni Local Municipality

Umdoni
Local municipality
Official seal of Umdoni
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District Ugu
Seat Scottburgh
Wards 19
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Thabani W Dube
Area
 • Total 252 km2 (97 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 78,875
 • Density 310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 76.7%
 • Coloured 1.2%
 • Indian/Asian 13.3%
 • White 8.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu 67.0%
 • English 23.0%
 • Xhosa 4.9%
 • Afrikaans 2.4%
 • Other 2.7%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN212

uMdoni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umdoni is an isiZulu name for the indigenous tree, Mdoni (Syzgium gerrardi).

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

The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Coordinates: 30°17′S 30°45′E / 30.283°S 30.750°E / -30.283; 30.750


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