6. Submission by the Umtshezi Local Municipality The Umtshezi Local Municipality (the Municipality) submitted that based on the municipal services that it provides to its population, its equitable share of R25.8 million is insufficient. This argument was motivated by a comparative study of the population statistics versus the equitable share of all municipalities that fall under the Uthukela District Municipality. The Umtshezi Local Municipality reported that its total population is comprised of 64 418 people (i.e.11. per cent) of the Uthukela District Municipality's total population of 714, 009. The second smallest municipality, the Indaka Local Municipality, services a population of 101, 557 people (i.e.14.2 per cent of the district's population) but it has been allocated an equitable share of R53.0 million. The Municipality questioned why the difference of 2.4 per cent share of the population is equivalent to an equitable share allocation of an additional R27.2 million.