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
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	iLembe
Seat	Mandeni
Wards	17
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Siphesihle Basil Zulu
Area
• Total	545 km^2 (210 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	138,078
• Density	250/km^2 (660/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	96.7%
• Coloured	0.5%
• Indian/Asian	1.7%
• White	1.0%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	89.9%
• English	4.6%
• Southern Ndebele	1.2%
• Other	4.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN291

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.[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
eNdondakusuka	54301	160.30	6,126
Hlomendini	54302	24.74	1,339
Macambini	54303	161.89	34,337
Mandini	54304	10.05	3,944
Mathonsi	54305	68.93	21,692
Ntunzini	54306	28.32	2,412
Sikhonyane	54307	99.53	30,125
Sundumbili	54308	8.76	24,299
Tugela Mouth	54310	0.59	210
Tugela	54309	12.46	4,170
Umlalazi Nature Reserve	54311	4.26	0

Politics

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	31,892	30,842	62,734	71.4	17	8	25
	Inkatha Freedom Party	8,797	8,372	17,169	19.6	1	6	7
	Democratic Alliance	1,548	1,521	3,069	3.5	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,232	1,240	2,472	2.8	0	1	1
	African Independent Congress	520	1,701	2,221	2.5	0	1	1
	Academic Congress Union	34	120	154	0.2	0	0	0
Total		44,023	43,796	87,819	100.0	18	17	35
Spoilt votes		1,088	1,450	2,538

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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Mandeni Municipality
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mandeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mandeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

External links

• http://www.mandeni.gov.za/