Newcastle Local Municipality

Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Newcastle
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictAmajuba
SeatNewcastle
Wards34
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total1,855 km2 (716 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total363,236
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African91.9%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian3.2%
 • White3.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu85.6%
 • English6.4%
 • Afrikaans3.5%
 • Other4.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN252

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Charlestown5240118.483,204
Hlubi52402108.1173,931
Madadeni5240325.15116,798
Newcastle52404199.0644,123
Ngagane524054.901,206
Osizweni5240615.3580,265
Remainder of the municipality524081,483.8713,449

Politics

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 63,35266,149129,50161.232941
IFP 18,21017,29835,50816.801111
Democratic Alliance 9,5879,99319,5809.3246
Economic Freedom Fighters 8,0748,12816,2027.7055
Royal Loyal Progress 1,5221,4372,9591.4011
Independent 2,379–2,3791.10–0
Azanian People's Organisation 8138011,6140.8011
People's Revolutionary Movement 7218501,5710.7011
Freedom Front Plus 7747641,5380.6011
ACDP 3763817570.4000
Total 105,808105,801211,609100.0343367
Spoilt votes 1,8491,8213,670

In a by-election held on 5 April 2017, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[7] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 31940
IFP 01111
Democratic Alliance 246
Economic Freedom Fighters 055
Azanian People's Organisation 011
Freedom Front Plus 011
Independent 1–1
People's Revolutionary Movement 011
Royal Loyal Progress 011
Total 343367

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Newcastle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. "Results of the Municipal By-Elections held on 05 April 2017". Electoral Commission of South Africa. 6 April 2017. furthermore an independent candidate won a seat previously held by the African National Congress

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