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Mandeni Local Municipality

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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
 • Total
545 km2 (210 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
138,078
 • 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

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

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

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

Bikers at a GBV event eMandeni
Place Code Area (km2) 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

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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

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "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[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mandeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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