Msinga Municipality () is a local municipality within the Umzinyathi District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. is an isiZulu word meaning "a current in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top of the water surface and ends up influencing the nearby climatic conditions through its breeze". South African Languages - Place names The municipality is largely located in deep gorges of the Tugela and Buffalo rivers, isolated from the immediate surrounding municipal areas.KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Msinga Municipality The population dynamics result in a growing rural area and a declining urban area in the municipality, contrary to most other areas in the country. This can be attributed to the fact that the urban areas of municipality are very small and are unable to provide the normal range of goods and services provided in urban areas.
It is a poverty stricken area with few economic resources and little economic activity. Social services and private households generate 29% of the income for the area.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Baso 5220185.549,655 Bomvu 52202371.7530,307 Chunu 52203367.3541,560 Gwazumlungu Nlovu 522049.63753 Khanyile 522059.75108 Majozi 5220610.801,099 Mawuzini 522075.49457 Mthembu 52209151.8019,160 Mtungwa 522104.021,756 Ngome 522113.901,772 Ngubane 5221293.455,849 Othame 522138.931,135 Pomeroy 522147.01998 Qamu 52215628.9050,867 Qizi Mtshshali 522166.07694 Remainder of the municipality 52208737.601,850
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty 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 majority of twenty-seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links https://www.msinga.org/