Country South Africa Seat Izingolweni Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 648 km² Black african population 98.7% Native xhosa speakers 1.7% District Ugu District Municipality | Province KwaZulu-Natal Wards 6 Municipal code KZN215 White population 0.8% Native english speakers 1.1% Native zulu speakers 95.2% | |
Ezinqoleni Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
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Map of Izinqolweni, South Africa
Ezinqoleni is an isiZulu name word meaning "at the wagons". Traffic in the early days was by wagon drawn by donkeys and post carts drawn by mules.
There is an acute shortage of basic services and facilities, housing, and employment.
After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.