Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 634 km² Black african population 81.1% | District uMgungundlovu Wards 37 Municipal code KZN225 White population 6% Native afrikaans speakers 1.9% | |
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Points of interest KwaZulu‑Natal National Botanical, Golden Horse Casino, KwaZulu‑Natal Museum, Queen Elizabeth Park Natu, Bisley Valley Nature R | ||
Msunduzi local municipality salga nma 2016 interview
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.
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- Msunduzi local municipality salga nma 2016 interview
- Map of Msunduzi Municipality South Africa
- Politics
- Main places
- References
Map of Msunduzi Municipality, South Africa
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.)
Politics
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.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: