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. South African Languages - Place names
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Amatikulu 540011.38732 Bangindoda 54002126.377,112 Bhekabelungu Biyela 540037.32923 Bhekeshowe 5400479.5311,789 Dinuzulu 540051.446,374 Emangidini 540066.86648 Entembeni 540077.15477 Eshowe 5400816.335,230 Gingindlovu 540092.291,157 Khoza 5401069.3911,387 Kolweni 5401119.383,583 KwaMondi 5401220.466,651 Mombeni 54013138.8810,829 Mpungose 54014173.3826,955 Mpushini Park 540152.72327 Mtunzini 5401610.591,273 Mvuzane 5401791.289,935 Mxhwanazi 540182.72760 Mzimela 54019241.8529,731 Ndlangubo 5402048.679,013 Ntuli 54021329.5622,189 Nzuza 5402285.3921,363 Sabeka 540235.99212 Shange 54024109.2013,476 Sikhonyane 5402514.291,231 Umgoye Forest 5402639.026 Vuma 540287.850 Zulu 5402914.625,710 Remainder of the municipality 54027540.2112,007
Politics
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.
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