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Newcastle Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Newcastle) is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
The Newcastle Local Municipality council consists of sixty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
Newcastle is the third-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is the province's industrial centre. The city has four industrial areas. The majority of its citizens reside in Newcastle East in the main townships of Madadeni and Osizweni, with the balance residing in Newcastle West (the two sides of Newcastle are separated by the N11 road).
During a special council meeting on 1 March 2019, Mahlaba was elected as the mayor of the municipality following the sudden resignation of Makhosini Nkosi. [2] On 22 March 2019, Mahalaba was arrested after he was allegedly linked to the attempted murder of ANCYL leader, Mafika Ndamane and the murder of ex-ANC Youth League member, Wandile ...
Newcastle is a strong council for the Labour Party. Labour controlled the council from its creation in 1973 until 2004 , when the Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council. [ 4 ] Labour retook control in 2011 , [ 5 ] and have maintained a majority at every subsequent election.
Alfred Duma Local Municipality: KZN238 Uthukela Ladysmith: 3,764 415,036 110.3 Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality: KZN276 Umkhanyakude Hlabisa: 3,466 131,755 37.97 Dannhauser Local Municipality: KZN254 Amajuba Dannhauser: 1,707 142,750 83.61 Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Local Municipality: KZN436 Harry Gwala Creighton: 3,602 128,565 35.69 eDumbe ...
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Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. Newcastle has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council.