Newcastle Municipality () is a
local municipality within the
Amajuba District Municipality, in the
KwaZulu-Natal
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province of
South Africa
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.
Main places
The
2001 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-seven members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a type of representation provided by some mixed electoral system, mixed electoral systems which combine local Winner-take-all system, winner-take-all elections with a Compensation (el ...
. Thirty-four councillors are elected by
first-past-the-post voting
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...
in thirty-four
wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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
African National Congress
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(ANC) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twenty-two seats. A coalition was formed between the
IFP,
Team Sugar,
DA,
ActionSA and the
FF+ to keep the
ANC out. The
IFP as the largest party in the coalition took the position of Mayor (Xolani Dube) and Speaker of council (Thengi Zulu), while
Team Sugar took the deputy mayor position (Musa Thwala),
ActionSA the Chief whip position (Faizel Cassim) and the
DA were given MPAC (Municipal Public Accounts Committee).
The following table shows the results of the election.
After a series of by-elections, the composition of the municipal council as of 18 July 2024 is as follows: IFP 23, ANC 17, EFF 8, Team Sugar 6, DA 6, Action SA 3, FF+ 1, NFP 1, PA 1, ATM 1.
References
External links
* http://www.newcastle.gov.za/
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Local municipalities of the Amajuba District Municipality
Newcastle Local Municipality