EThekwini_Metropolitan_Municipality

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

Metropolitan municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.

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Etymology

In an 1859 Zulu grammar book, Bishop Colenso asserted that the root word iTeku means "bay of the sea", from the name Mtheku, used by the Thabethe tribes clan, who were the leaders of the Nguni people. Furthermore the original local inhabitants and noted that the locative form, eTekwini, was used as a proper name for Durban.[3]

An 1895 English-Zulu dictionary translates the base word iteku as "bay", "creek", "gulf" or "sinus",[4] while a 1905 Zulu-English dictionary notes that eTekwini is used for Durban.[5]

Geography

eThekwini is surrounded by:

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

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Demographics

Geographical distribution of home languages in eThekwini
  Afrikaans
  English
  Xhosa
  Zulu
  No language dominant

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

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Gender

As of 2011.[7]

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Ethnic group

As of 2011[7]

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Age

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Politics

The municipal council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.[8]

Election results

Main article: eThekwini elections

In the 2021 local government elections, the African National Congress lost their majority on the city council for the first time since the metro's establishment in 2000.[9]

The following table shows the detailed results of the election.[10][11][12]

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See also

References

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    "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    Colenso, John William (1859). "IV - Cases of nouns". First steps in Zulu-Kafir, an abridgment of the Elementary grammar of the Zulu-Kafir language. p. 12. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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    Roberts, Charles (1895). An English-Zulu Dictionary: With the Principles of Pronunciation and Classification Fully Explained. Paul, Trench, Trübner. pp. 19, 58, 114, 208. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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    Bryant, Alfred T. (1905). A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation. The Mariannhill Mission Press. p. 94. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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    "Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa". Retrieved 2014-02-23.[permanent dead link]
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    "eThekwini". Adrian Frith. n.d. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
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    "ANC scores comfortable win in eThekwini | IOL". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
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    "ANC loses outright control of KZN's eThekwini Metro". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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    "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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    "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  12. [12]
    "Voter Turnout Report" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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