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
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictiLembe
SeatMandeni
Wards17
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSiphesihle Basil Zulu
Area
 • Total545 km2 (210 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total138,078
 • Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African96.7%
 • Coloured0.5%
 • Indian/Asian1.7%
 • White1.0%
First languages (2011)
 • 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.[4]

Main places

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

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

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]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 31,89230,84262,73471.417825
IFP 8,7978,37217,16919.6167
Democratic Alliance 1,5481,5213,0693.5011
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,2321,2402,4722.8011
African Independent Congress 5201,7012,2212.5011
Academic Congress Union 341201540.2000
Total 44,02343,79687,819100.0181735
Spoilt votes 1,0881,4502,538

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.

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