Dannhauser Local Municipality

Dannhauser Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Dannhauser) is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler who in 1872 purchased four farms in the area from the Natal Government.^[3] The major economic sectors are agriculture and mining. Mining, however, is undergoing a movement away from large scale operations to smaller operations.^[4]

Dannhauser
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Amajuba
Seat	Dannhauser
Wards	11
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bongekile Magdalene Shabalala
Area
• Total	1,516 km2 (585 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	102,161
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	97.5%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	1.4%
• White	0.8%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Zulu	93.9%
• English	2.1%
• Other	4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN254

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Dannhauser	52607	17.72	4,903
Durnacol	52602	19.49	1,598
Ekudabuleni	52603	0.30	565
Gule	52604	50.47	8,451
Hattingspruit	52605	2.67	476
Hlubi	52606	360.59	79,377
Remainder of the municipality	52601	1,064.45	7,397

Politics

Main article: Dannhauser Local Municipality elections

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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, winning a plurality of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	8,060	34.18	6	8,506	35.75	3	9
	Inkatha Freedom Party	6,951	29.47	6	7,875	33.10	2	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,320	9.84	0	2,584	10.86	3	3
	Abantu Batho Congress	1,306	5.54	0	1,156	4.86	1	1
	Team Sugar South Africa	659	2.79	0	723	3.04	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,350	5.72	1				1
	Community Freedom Party	605	2.57	0	512	2.15	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	431	1.83	0	528	2.22	1	1
	10 other parties	1,902	8.06	0	1,910	8.03	0	0
Total		23,584	100.00	13	23,794	100.00	12	25
Valid votes		23,584	97.66		23,794	97.65
Invalid/blank votes		564	2.34		573	2.35
Total votes		24,148	100.00		24,367	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		50,480	47.84		50,480	48.27