Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality

Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Ray Nkonyeni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality in South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities. As of 2022 it has a population of 362,134.

Ray Nkonyeni
Local municipality
Coordinates: 30°47′S 30°15′E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ugu
Seat	Port Shepstone
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	(ANC)
Area [2]
• Total	1,487 km2 (574 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	362,134
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [3]
• Black African	83.0%
• White African	9.9%
• Indian/Asian	5.6%
• Coloured	1.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN216

Politics

Main article: Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[4][5]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	68,387	67,021	135,408	66.3	27	20	47
	DA	20,082	20,075	40,157	19.7	9	5	14
	IFP	7,850	7,431	15,281	7.5	0	5	5
	EFF	3,380	3,335	6,715	3.3	0	2	2
	AIC	797	3,216	4,013	2.0	0	2	2
	Independent	1,359	–	1,359	0.7	0	–	0
	VF+	623	729	1,352	0.7	0	1	1
Total		102,478	101,807	204,285	100.0	36	35	71
Spoilt votes		1,937	2,171	4,108