Seat Melmoth Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 1,086 km² Black african population 98.5% Native zulu speakers 93.8% | Wards 6 Municipal code KZN285 White population 0.7% Native english speakers 1.7% | |
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District King Cetshwayo District Municipality | ||
Mthonjaneni is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
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Map of Melmoth, South Africa
Mthonjaneni is an isiZulu name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King Dingaan used to send his maidens to collect water for him.
The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.