Kwa Sani Local Municipality


Kwa Sani Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Harry Gwala of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Kwa Sani is an isiZulu name. "Kwa" means "at" and "Sani" means "San people". The name was chosen because it was easy to pronounce for overseas visitors to the World Heritage Site of uKhahlamba.
After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged with Ingwe Local Municipality into the new Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Batlokoa40.434,952
Himeville8.331,037
Isiminza41.992,683
Nxamalala2.25300
Underberg Part 119.932,054
Underberg Part 23.27298
Vergelegen Nature Reserve0.546
Remainder of the municipality1,062.853,976

Politics

The municipal council consisted of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress won a majority of five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.