Maphumulo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Maphumulo is an isiZulu name meaning "place of rest". South African Languages - Place names
The municipality is predominantly rural, comprising mostly tribal land, which is administered by the Ingonyama Trust on behalf of local communities. Sugar-cane cultivation is the predominant economic activity and land use in the municipality. Subsistence agricultural activities in the form of small cropping areas attached to traditional family units dominate land usage.KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Maphumulo Municipality
The only major town in the municipality is Maphumulo.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Amabhedu 5460127.756,159 Cele 5460221.801,201 Embo 5460338.964,704 Hlongwa 5460433.887,044 Mabomvini 54605118.3913,850 Mkhonto 54606255.7635,208 Mpungose 546079.62949 Ngcolosi 54608177.9319,370 Nodunga 5460958.953,959 Qadi 5461030.285,710 Qwabe/Waterfall 5461180.5016,906 Zubane 5461241.255,594
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of eleven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links Official website