Newcastle Local Municipality
Newcastle Municipality is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Charlestown | 18.48 | 3,204 | |
| Hlubi | 108.11 | 73,931 | |
| Madadeni | 25.15 | 116,798 | |
| Newcastle | 199.06 | 44,123 | |
| Ngagane | 4.90 | 1,206 | |
| Osizweni | 15.35 | 80,265 | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 1,483.87 | 13,449 |
Politics
The municipal 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. In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twenty-two seats. A coalition was formed between the IFP, Team Sugar, DA, ActionSA and the FF+ to keep the ANC out. The IFP as the largest party in the coalition took the position of Mayor and Speaker of council, while Team Sugar took the deputy mayor position, ActionSA the Chief whip position and the DA were given MPAC.The following table shows the results of the election.
After a series of by-elections, the composition of the municipal council as of 18 July 2024 is as follows: IFP 23, ANC 17, EFF 8, Team Sugar 6, DA 6, Action SA 3, FF+ 1, NFP 1, PA 1, ATM 1.