UMlalazi Local Municipality

uMlalazi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMlalazi River.^[4]

uMlalazi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	King Cetshwayo
Seat	Eshowe
Wards	26
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Councillor T B Zulu
Area
• Total	2,214 km2 (855 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	223,140
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	97.1%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	1.5%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	92.1%
• English	3.5%
• Southern Ndebele	1.3%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN284

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Amatikulu	54001	1.38	732
Bangindoda	54002	126.37	7,112
Bhekabelungu Biyela	54003	7.32	923
Bhekeshowe	54004	79.53	11,789
Dinuzulu	54005	1.44	6,374
Emangidini	54006	6.86	648
Entembeni	54007	7.15	477
Eshowe	54008	16.33	5,230
Gingindlovu	54009	2.29	1,157
Khoza	54010	69.39	11,387
Kolweni	54011	19.38	3,583
KwaMondi	54012	20.46	6,651
Mombeni	54013	138.88	10,829
Mpungose	54014	173.38	26,955
Mpushini Park	54015	2.72	327
Mtunzini	54016	10.59	1,273
Mvuzane	54017	91.28	9,935
Mxhwanazi	54018	2.72	760
Mzimela	54019	241.85	29,731
Ndlangubo	54020	48.67	9,013
Ntuli	54021	329.56	22,189
Nzuza	54022	85.39	21,363
Sabeka	54023	5.99	212
Shange	54024	109.20	13,476
Sikhonyane	54025	14.29	1,231
Umgoye Forest	54026	39.02	6
Vuma	54028	7.85	0
Zulu	54029	14.62	5,710
Remainder of the municipality	54027	540.21	12,007

Politics

Main article: uMlalazi Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of thirty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Inkatha Freedom Party	27,555	52.75	24	28,287	54.17	6	30
	African National Congress	16,929	32.41	4	17,170	32.88	14	18
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,544	6.78	0	3,411	6.53	4	4
	Abantu Batho Congress	919	1.76	0	878	1.68	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	764	1.46	0	889	1.70	1	1
	National Freedom Party	469	0.90	0	578	1.11	1	1
	Independent candidates	986	1.89	0				0
	People's Freedom Party	558	1.07	0	408	0.78	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	143	0.27	0	118	0.23	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	118	0.23	0	126	0.24	0	0
	Academic Congress Union	92	0.18	0	75	0.14	0	0
	African People's Convention	55	0.11	0	87	0.17	0	0
	African People's Movement	43	0.08	0	61	0.12	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	22	0.04	0	73	0.14	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	37	0.07	0	56	0.11	0	0
Total		52,234	100.00	28	52,217	100.00	27	55
Valid votes		52,234	97.98		52,217	98.14
Invalid/blank votes		1,075	2.02		991	1.86
Total votes		53,309	100.00		53,208	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		106,317	50.14		106,317	50.05