Mandeni Local Municipality

Mandeni Local Municipality (formerly eNdondakusuka Local Municipality) is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Mandeni
Local municipality
Official seal of Mandeni
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictiLembe
SeatMandeni
Wards17
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorThabani Phiwayinkosi Mdlalose
Area
 • Total545 km2 (210 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total138,078
 • Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African96.7%
 • Coloured0.5%
 • Indian/Asian1.7%
 • White1.0%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu89.9%
 • English4.6%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN291

Manufacturing, elementary work and plant and machine work are the highest non-farming categories of labour. Mandeni includes substantial areas of commercial agriculture, with the bulk of these areas under sugar-cane. Agriculture is the main employment sector in the area.[3]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
eNdondakusuka54301160.306,126
Hlomendini5430224.741,339
Macambini54303161.8934,337
Mandini5430410.053,944
Mathonsi5430568.9321,692
Ntunzini5430628.322,412
Sikhonyane5430799.5330,125
Sundumbili543088.7624,299
Tugela Mouth543100.59210
Tugela5430912.464,170
Umlalazi Nature Reserve543114.260

Politics
Main article: Mandeni Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 (ANC) won a reduced majority of nineteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress17,41851.401617,93052.82319
Inkatha Freedom Party8,83226.0629,30727.42810
Economic Freedom Fighters3,45310.1903,64710.7444
Democratic Alliance7812.3007932.3411
Independent candidates1,5124.4600
African Independent Congress6521.9206802.0011
Justice and Employment Party2480.7304131.2200
African Transformation Movement2680.7903541.0400
National Freedom Party2600.7703340.9800
African Christian Democratic Party1640.4801640.4800
Abantu Batho Congress1380.4101320.3900
African Federal Convention600.180550.1600
Al Jama-ah500.150380.1100
African People's Movement260.080500.1500
United Christian Democratic Party270.080480.1400
Total33,889100.001833,945100.001735
Valid votes33,88997.5333,94597.48
Invalid/blank votes8602.478762.52
Total votes34,749100.0034,821100.00
Registered voters/turnout74,69446.5274,69446.62

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business | Mandeni Local Municipality". www.kzntopbusiness.co.za. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mandeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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