| Emnambithi/Ladysmith | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Coordinates: | -28.55°N 76°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | uThukela |
| Seat: | Ladysmith |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 27 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mrs D. C. P. Mazibuko |
| Area Total Km2: | 2965 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 237437 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 91.8% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.0% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 4.4% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 2.7% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 86.2% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 7.4% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 2.2% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.1% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 3.1% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | KZN232 |
Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality was a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is accessible from the N3 and N11 national highways.
The town of Ladysmith is the economic hub of the municipality; it accommodates the municipal offices, major schools, main police station and magistrates court, as well as a variety of commercial, industrial, and retail outlets.[4]
After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Alfred Duma Local Municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51401 | 245.25 | 57,273 | Zulu | ||
| 51402 | 4.90 | 4,476 | Zulu | ||
| 51404 | 39.00 | 59,943 | Zulu | ||
| 51406 | 2.80 | 381 | Zulu | ||
| 51405 | 107.21 | 27,696 | Zulu | ||
| 51407 | 91.97 | 41,425 | Zulu | ||
| 51408 | 34.42 | 2,301 | Zulu | ||
| 51409 | 80.70 | 6,920 | Zulu | ||
| 51410 | 2.43 | 11,898 | Zulu | ||
| 51411 | 4.86 | 824 | Zulu | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 51403 | 2,350.72 | 12,316 | Zulu |
The municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-four seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[6] [7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 38,323 | 39,333 | 77,656 | 63.4 | 25 | 9 | 34 | ||
| 9,698 | 9,475 | 19,173 | 15.6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 6,978 | 6,630 | 13,608 | 11.1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 4,746 | 4,664 | 9,410 | 7.7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 662 | 507 | 1,169 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 348 | 318 | 666 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 101 | 207 | 308 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 96 | 146 | 242 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 192 | – | 192 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 79 | 37 | 116 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 61,223 | 61,317 | 122,540 | 100.0 | 27 | 26 | 53 | |
| Spoilt votes | 994 | 894 | 1,888 | |||||