Alfred Duma Local Municipality Explained

Alfred Duma Municipality (zu|UMasipala wase Alfred Duma) is a local municipality within the uThukela District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established for the August 2016 local elections by merging the Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities.^[2]

Politics

See main article: Alfred Duma Local Municipality elections.

The municipal council consists of seventy-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-seven wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 1 November 2021 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a plurality of thirty-three seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.^[3]

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Emnambithi/Ladysmith, Indaka.
2. Web site: The Local Government Handbook. 6 August 2016.
3. Web site: Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Alfred Duma. 2021-11-19 . wikitable.frith.dev.
4. Web site: Municipal By-elections results . Electoral Commission of South Africa . 29 June 2023.
5. Web site: Sussman . Wayne . 2023-06-29 . JUNE BY-ELECTIONS: PA benefits from absent DA to trounce ANC in Joburg ward, but ruling party records crucial win over IFP in KZN . 2023-06-29 . Daily Maverick . en.