Ray Nkonyeni
Local municipality
Coordinates: 30°47′S 30°15′E / 30.78°S 30.25°E / -30.78; 30.25
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUgu
SeatPort Shepstone
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor(ANC)
Area
[2]
 • Total1,487 km2 (574 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total308,675
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN216

Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Ray Nkonyeni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality in South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities.

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five 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-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 68,38767,021135,40866.3272047
Democratic Alliance 20,08220,07540,15719.79514
IFP 7,8507,43115,2817.5055
EFF 3,3803,3356,7153.3022
AIC 7973,2164,0132.0022
Independent 1,359–1,3590.70–0
FF Plus 6237291,3520.7011
Total 102,478101,807204,285100.0363571
Spoilt votes 1,9372,1714,108

References

  1. ↑ "Political Management: Mayor". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Ezinqoleni, Hibiscus Coast.
  3. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Hibiscus Coast" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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