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It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.Msunduzi Municipality is situated on the N3 highway at a junction of an industrial corridor (from Durban to Pietermaritzburg) and anagro-industrial corridor (stretching from Pietermaritzburg to Estcourt). On the regional scale, it is located at the cross section of the N3corridor and the Greytown Road corridor to the north, a tourist route to Drakensberg and Kokstad Road to the south.[3]The city of Pietermaritzburg is a provincial and national centre of educational excellence. Pietermaritzburg is a seat of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is home to several other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Pietermaritzburg is home to a host of private and government-owned institutions of primary and secondary education.[3] (See Educational Institutions of Pietermaritzburg.)Politics[edit]The Msunduzi Local Municipality council consists of eighty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty 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 African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of forty seats. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]PartyWardListTotalseatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsAfrican National Congress74,23847.162977,70349.481140Democratic Alliance30,07419.101030,69719.55616Economic Freedom Fighters18,26211.60018,67311.891010Inkatha Freedom Party13,2718.43115,2709.7278Independent candidates7,7164.9011Abantu Batho Congress2,9141.8502,6141.6622African Independent Congress1,7931.1401,7281.1011Patriotic Alliance1,5370.9801,4540.9311African Christian Democratic Party1,0060.6401,1590.7411Justice and Employment Party8030.5101,1110.7111National Freedom Party8690.5507770.4900Devoted Citizens of Msunduzi5790.3709330.5900African Transformation Movement5330.3407380.4700Al Jama-ah5020.3204350.2800Pan Africanist Congress of Azania4590.2904610.2900United Independent Movement4470.2804620.2900Freedom Front Plus3540.2204490.2900Minority Front3670.2303760.2400Azanian People’s Organisation3460.2203140.2000KZN Independence2020.1304250.2700African People’s Convention3110.2001590.1000Black First Land First1260.0802050.1300Spectrum National Party1540.1001600.1000African Mantungwa Community1290.0801630.1000United Democratic Movement160.0102560.1600African People’s Movement1780.110920.0600African People First1100.0701390.0900People’s Revolutionary Movement1320.080840.0500Total157,428100.0041157,037100.004081Valid votes157,42897.78157,03797.10Invalid\/blank votes3,5702.224,6972.90Total votes160,998100.00161,734100.00Registered voters\/turnout339,25747.46339,25747.67Mayors[edit]Hloni Glenford Zondi, 2000-2006 [5]Zanele Hlatshwayo, 2006-2010 [5][6]Mike Tarr, May 2010-2011 [7]Chris Ndlela, 2011-2016 [8]Themba Njilo, 2016\u2013August 2019[9][10]Mzimkhulu Thebolla, August 2019-presentMain places[edit]The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[11]PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationAshdown511013.0313,531Edendale5110250.5379,573Imbali5110323.4079,115Inadi5110487.2534,131Mafunze5110560.5536,186Mpumuza5110697.5655,260Nxamalala5110812.9414,417Pietermaritzburg51109160.99223,519Sobantu511101.078,155Wilgerfontein511110.431,073Ximba511125.512,947Remainder of the municipality51107144.535,315References[edit]External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/msunduzi-local-municipality-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Msunduzi Local Municipality – Wikipedia"}}]}]