Msunduzi Local Municipality
| Msunduzi | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location of Msunduzi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Coordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E / 29.617°S 30.383°ECoordinates: 29°37′S 30°23′E / 29.617°S 30.383°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | uMgungundlovu | |
| Seat | Pietermaritzburg | |
| Wards | 37 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Themba Njilo (ANC) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 634 km2 (245 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 618,536 | |
| • Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 81.1% | |
| • Coloured | 2.9% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 9.8% | |
| • White | 6.0% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Zulu | 72.4% | |
| • English | 19.0% | |
| • Afrikaans | 1.9% | |
| • Xhosa | 1.9% | |
| • Other | 4.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN225 | |
Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.
Msunduzi Municipality is situated on the N3 highway at a junction of an industrial corridor (from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and an agro-industrial corridor (stretching from Pietermaritzburg to Estcourt). On the regional scale, it is located at the cross section of the N3 corridor and the Greytown Road corridor to the north, a tourist route to Drakensberg and Kokstad Road to the south.
The city of Pietermaritzburg is a provincial and national centre of educational excellence. Pietermaritzburg is a seat of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is home to several other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Pietermaritzburg is home to a host of private and government-owned institutions of primary and secondary education. (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)
The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine 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 fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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