Alfred Duma Local Municipality

Alfred Duma Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Alfred Duma) is a local municipality within the uThukela District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was established for the August 2016 local elections by merging the Emnambithi/Ladysmith and Indaka local municipalities.^[2]

Alfred Duma Local Municipality
Local municipality
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Alfred Duma highlighted
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uThukela
Seat	Ladysmith
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Area [1]
• Total	3,764 km2 (1,453 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	340,553
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN238

Politics

Main article: Alfred Duma Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventy-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-seven wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a plurality of thirty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[3]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	37,723	44.19	21	39,114	45.73	12	33
	African National Congress	32,394	37.95	14	32,278	37.74	14	28
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,082	5.95	0	5,185	6.06	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	3,382	3.96	2	3,615	4.23	1	3
	National Freedom Party	1,423	1.67	0	1,414	1.65	1	1
	National Peoples Ambassadors	735	0.86	0	915	1.07	1	1
	African People's Movement	853	1.00	0	659	0.77	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,454	1.70	0				0
	Abantu Batho Congress	700	0.82	0	605	0.71	1	1
	Justice and Employment Party	288	0.34	0	407	0.48	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	354	0.41	0	251	0.29	0	0
	United Cultural Movement	226	0.26	0	229	0.27	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	188	0.22	0	190	0.22	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	143	0.17	0	206	0.24	0	0
	National Democratic Convention	168	0.20	0	140	0.16	0	0
	African Mantungwa Community	137	0.16	0	122	0.14	0	0
	African People's Convention	92	0.11	0	108	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	25	0.03	0	95	0.11	0	0
Total		85,367	100.00	37	85,533	100.00	36	73
Valid votes		85,367	98.67		85,533	98.51
Invalid/blank votes		1,154	1.33		1,297	1.49
Total votes		86,521	100.00		86,830	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		161,688	53.51		161,688	53.70

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.^[4]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
28 Jun 2023[5]	29		Inkatha Freedom Party		Inkatha Freedom Party