Talk:Nquthu Local Municipality

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Politics section update

{{request edit}} - Update: withdrawing the request since it's been overtaken by subsequent edits. - htonl (talk) 21:56, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to make this edit myself, because of my fairly obvious conflict of interest. But I propose the following update to the text of the "Politics" section.

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority; the following table shows the results of that election.^[1]^[2]
Insert the current results table here
The Inkatha Freedom Party was expected to govern the municipality with the support of the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters.^[3]^[4] However, because of litigation, procedural disputes and disruption of council meetings, the council repeatedly failed to elect a speaker or mayor.^[5]^[6]
In October 2016 the provincial government intervened in the municipality to place it under the control of an appointed administrator.^[7] In February 2017 the municipal council was dissolved,^[8] and the Electoral Commission scheduled fresh elections for 24 May 2017.^[9]

References

^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nqutu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nqutu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ Makinana, Andisiwe (18 August 2016). "IFP on coalitions: We will work with DA and EFF". City Press. Retrieved 21 May 2017. In Nquthu, the IFP and partners will have 17 seats while the ANC has 14 and the National Freedom Party has two.
^ Olifant, Nathi (19 April 2017). "Blood on the shop floor as political tensions spike ahead of Nquthu polls". The Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017. After last year's local government elections in August and prior to the dissolution‚ the majority IFP was expected to govern the council.
^ "Nquthu, Jozini still without office bearers". eNCA. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ Olifant, Nathi (7 February 2017). "Nquthu municipality remains only council in SA without a mayor". BusinessDay. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ Mkhize, Nce (19 October 2016). "KwaZulu-Natal places two municipalities under administration". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "KZN's Nquthu local municipality council to be dissolved – Cogta MEC". The Citizen. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ Olifant, Nathi (10 March 2017). "Election date for Nquthu‚ the municipality without a mayor". The Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[1] "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nqutu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[2] "Seat Calculation Detail: Nqutu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[3] Makinana, Andisiwe (18 August 2016). "IFP on coalitions: We will work with DA and EFF". City Press. Retrieved 21 May 2017. In Nquthu, the IFP and partners will have 17 seats while the ANC has 14 and the National Freedom Party has two.

[4] Olifant, Nathi (19 April 2017). "Blood on the shop floor as political tensions spike ahead of Nquthu polls". The Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017. After last year's local government elections in August and prior to the dissolution‚ the majority IFP was expected to govern the council.

[5] "Nquthu, Jozini still without office bearers". eNCA. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[6] Olifant, Nathi (7 February 2017). "Nquthu municipality remains only council in SA without a mayor". BusinessDay. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[7] Mkhize, Nce (19 October 2016). "KwaZulu-Natal places two municipalities under administration". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[8] "KZN's Nquthu local municipality council to be dissolved – Cogta MEC". The Citizen. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[9] Olifant, Nathi (10 March 2017). "Election date for Nquthu‚ the municipality without a mayor". The Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

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