Country South Africa Seat Nquthu Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 1,962 km² Black african population 99.7% Native zulu speakers 90.1% | District uMzinyathi Wards 17 Municipal code KZN242 White population 0.1% Native sotho speakers 6.6% Province KwaZulu-Natal | |
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Nquthu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Nquthu is an isiZulu name meaning "the back of the head".
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Map of Nqutu, South Africa
Isandlwana, the site of the historic Anglo-Zulu war battle which took place on 22 January 1879, is a well known tourist destination worldwide.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 no party obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) formed a government with the support of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). The following table shows the results of the election.