Jozini Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Jozini

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Jozini_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Jozini highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

| map_caption = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = uMkhanyakude

| seat = Jozini

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 23

| government_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Mfananaye Mathe (IFP)

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3442

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 186502

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 99.2%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 0.3%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info1 = 95.1%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info2 = 1.2%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Southern Ndebele}}

| demographics2_info3 = 1.1%

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| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 2.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = KZN272

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Jozini Municipality ({{langx|zu|UMasipala wase Jozini}}) is a local municipality within the Umkhanyakude District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Significant portions of the municipality have been neglected in terms of economic development. There is a great disparity between the level of service and infrastructure provision between settlement nodes, such as the towns of Mkuze and Jozini, and the surrounding rural areas. Most of the rural area is associated with a lack of development, poverty and poor service provision.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kzntopbusiness.co.za/site/jozini-municipality|title=KwaZulu-Natal Top Business | Jozini Municipality|website=www.kzntopbusiness.co.za}}

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:{{Cite web|url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip|title=Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! Place !! Code !! Area (km2)!! Population

Ingwavuma[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53301 53301]1.721,089
Jozini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53312 53312]0.45543
Manukuza/Jobe[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53303 53303]280.6518,277
Mathenjwa[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53304 53304]435.1326,332
Mkuze[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53305 53305]1.041,834
Mngomezulu[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53306 53306]277.8218,676
Myeni/Ngwenya[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53307 53307]138.3410,146
Myeni/Ntsinde[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53308 53308]172.9116,524
Ndumu Game Reserve[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53309 53309]110.4372
Nyawo[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53310 53310]909.8568,148
Sqakatha[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53311 53311]238.2219,818
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53302 53302]523.022,628

Politics

{{main|Jozini Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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-four seats.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Jozini |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN272 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes1=31073 |votes1_2=32556 |seats1=19 |seats1_2=5 |totseats1=24

|party2=African National Congress |votes2=20739 |votes2_2=22253 |seats2=2 |seats2_2=14 |totseats2=16

|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=2617 |votes3_2=2884 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=2 |totseats3=2

|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=5485 |votes4_2= |seats4=2 |seats4_2= |totseats4=2

|party5=Academic Congress Union |votes5= |votes5_2=981 |seats5= |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=Democratic Alliance |votes6=340 |votes6_2=348 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=0 |totseats6=0

|party7=National Freedom Party |votes7=290 |votes7_2=356 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0

|party8=United Christian Democratic Party |votes8=264 |votes8_2=244 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0

|party9=Independent Alliance |votes9=56 |votes9_2=421 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0

|party10=African Transformation Movement |votes10=190 |votes10_2=224 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0

|party11=Abantu Batho Congress |votes11=123 |votes11_2=138 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0

|party12=United Democratic Movement |votes12=103 |votes12_2=105 |seats12=0 |seats12_2=0 |totseats12=0

|party13=African Christian Democratic Party |votes13=64 |votes13_2=94 |seats13=0 |seats13_2=0 |totseats13=0

|party14=National People's Front |votes14=78 |votes14_2=48 |seats14=0 |seats14_2=0 |totseats14=0

|party15=Black First Land First |votes15=31 |votes15_2=21 |seats15=0 |seats15_2=0 |totseats15=0

|party16=Democratic Union Plus |votes16=9 |votes16_2=20 |seats16=0 |seats16_2=0 |totseats16=0

|invalid=784 |invalid2=1344

|electorate=103712 |electorate2=103712

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