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Msinga
Msinga
Local municipality
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	Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMzinyathi
Seat	Tugela Ferry
Wards	19
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Felinkosi Joshua Sikhakhane (IFP)
Area
• Total	2,501 km2 (966 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	177,577
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.6%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	96.1%
• Southern Ndebele	1.3%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN244

Msinga Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Msinga) is a local municipality within the Umzinyathi District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Msinga is an isiZulu word meaning "a current in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top of the water surface and ends up influencing the nearby climatic conditions through its breeze".^[4] The municipality is largely located in deep gorges of the Tugela and Buffalo rivers, isolated from the immediate surrounding municipal areas.^[5] The population dynamics result in a growing rural area and a declining urban area in the municipality, contrary to most other areas in the country.^[5] This can be attributed to the fact that the urban areas of municipality are very small and are unable to provide the normal range of goods and services provided in urban areas.^[5]

It is a poverty stricken area with few economic resources and little economic activity. Social services and private households generate 29% of the income for the area.^[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[6]

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population
Baso	52201	85.54	9,655
Bomvu	52202	371.75	30,307
Chunu	52203	367.35	41,560
Gwazumlungu Nlovu	52204	9.63	753
Khanyile	52205	9.75	108
Majozi	52206	10.80	1,099
Mawuzini	52207	5.49	457
Mthembu	52209	151.80	19,160
Mtungwa	52210	4.02	1,756
Ngome	52211	3.90	1,772
Ngubane	52212	93.45	5,849
Othame	52213	8.93	1,135
Pomeroy	52214	7.01	998
Qamu	52215	628.90	50,867
Qizi Mtshshali	52216	6.07	694
Remainder of the municipality	52208	737.60	1,850

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty 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 majority of twenty-seven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.^[7]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	32,104	65.91	20	32,546	68.14	7	27
	African National Congress	12,431	25.52	0	12,500	26.17	11	11
	Abantu Batho Congress	1,008	2.07	0	1,477	3.09	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,880	3.86	1				1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	436	0.90	0	463	0.97	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	276	0.57	0	240	0.50	0	0
	National Freedom Party	208	0.43	0	120	0.25	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	128	0.26	0	142	0.30	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	92	0.19	0	90	0.19	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	62	0.13	0	53	0.11	0	0
	National People's Front	49	0.10	0	61	0.13	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	33	0.07	0	49	0.10	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	0	0.00	0	22	0.05	0	0
Total		48,707	100.00	21	47,763	100.00	20	41

Valid votes		48,707	98.34		47,763	97.56
Invalid/blank votes		820	1.66		1,193	2.44
Total votes		49,527	100.00		48,956	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		86,107	57.52		86,107	56.85