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Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Ray Nkonyeni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality in South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipalities. As of 2022 it has a population ...
The Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-five are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
Merged to create Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality: Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality: KZN216: KwaZulu-Natal: 3 August 2016 Vulamehlo Local Municipality: KZN211: KwaZulu-Natal: 3 August 2016: Annexed by eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and Umdoni Local Municipality: Emnambithi/Ladysmith Local Municipality: KZN232: KwaZulu-Natal: 3 August 2016
Port Shepstone is located within the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality, forming part of the Ugu District Municipality and functions as the municipal seat for both municipalities. The town hosts a Magistrate's Court and most central and provincial government departments maintain regional branches or other offices here.
The municipality is 84% rural and 16% urban which is the pillar of its successful economy. The municipality consists of eighty one (81) municipal wards, which are in its local municipalities, namely Ray Nkonyeni, Umzumbe, Umdoni and Umuziwabantu. The region also includes forty two (42) traditional authorities. [3]
Izingolweni or eZinqoleni is a town in Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was founded in the 1870s as a police and administration post. The name comes from the Zulu language word for "place with very shallow holes." Izingolweni also consists of a school called Izingolweni Primary which is rumored that it ...
As the 2024 national government elections near, there have recently been several demarcation proposals made by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) to relocate Ward 13 of the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality which includes Hibberdene and its neighbouring settlements of Woodgrange-on-Sea, Umzumbe (Umzumbe Village), Fairview/Fairview Mission and eNtaba to the adjoining Umzumbe Local Municipality.
After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality. Beaches are to be found along the entire seaboard. Hibberdene Beach, Ramsgate Beach, Marina Beach/San Lameer, and Lucien Beach have been recognized as Blue Flag beaches. [3]