| Umzumbe | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in KwaZulu-Natal |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ugu |
| Seat: | Mtwalume |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 19 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Londolo Zungu |
| Area Total Km2: | 1259 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 160975 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 99.6% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 95.9% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 1.0% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | % |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 3.1% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | KZN213 |
Umzumbe Municipality (zu|UMasipala wase Mzumbe) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River.[4] Towns within the municipal boundaries include Friedenau, KwaDweshula, St Faith’s, and Umzumbe.[5]
Income levels in the municipality are very low, and reflect a situation of acute impoverishment. Almost 60% of all households have an income of less than R500 per month. Households rely for survival on pension and other welfare grants, migrant remittances, informal earnings and casual employment wages.[6]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[7]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50301 | 9.38 | 477 | ||
| 50302 | 275.53 | 24,598 | ||
| 50303 | 39.27 | 5,363 | ||
| 50304 | 41.85 | 6,065 | ||
| 50305 | 19.89 | 3,853 | ||
| 50306 | 62.10 | 8,776 | ||
| 50307 | 107.60 | 18,178 | ||
| 50308 | 83.03 | 16,764 | ||
| 50309 | 171.52 | 19,130 | ||
| 50310 | 54.51 | 14,177 | ||
| 50311 | 57.40 | 10,504 | ||
| 50312 | 15.89 | 1,541 | ||
| 50313 | 113.56 | 10,652 | ||
| 50314 | 89.76 | 45,733 |
See main article: Umzumbe Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 thirty seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[8] [9]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 32,816 | 33,309 | 66,125 | 75.6 | 20 | 10 | 30 | ||
| 7,500 | 7,097 | 14,597 | 16.7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1,415 | 1,584 | 2,999 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 685 | 661 | 1,346 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 587 | 628 | 1,215 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 320 | 392 | 712 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 509 | – | 509 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| Total | 43,832 | 43,671 | 87,503 | 100.0 | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,244 | 1,284 | 2,528 | |||||