Mandeni Local Municipality

Map showing Mandeni Municipality

Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, 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| Thabani Phiwayinkosi Mdlalose
Area

• Total

| 545 km2 (210 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[2]

• Total

| 138,078
• Density| 250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)

[2]

• Black African| 96.7%
• Coloured| 0.5%
• Indian/Asian| 1.7%
• White| 1.0%
First languages (2011)

[2]

• Zulu| 89.9%
• English| 4.6%
• Southern Ndebele| 1.2%
• Other| 4.3%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code| KZN291

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]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

|
|
|

Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 17,418| 51.40| 16| 17,930| 52.82| 3| 19
| Inkatha Freedom Party| 8,832| 26.06| 2| 9,307| 27.42| 8| 10
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 3,453| 10.19| 0| 3,647| 10.74| 4| 4
| Democratic Alliance| 781| 2.30| 0| 793| 2.34| 1| 1
| Independent candidates| 1,512| 4.46| 0| | 0
| African Independent Congress| 652| 1.92| 0| 680| 2.00| 1| 1
| Justice and Employment Party| 248| 0.73| 0| 413| 1.22| 0| 0
| African Transformation Movement| 268| 0.79| 0| 354| 1.04| 0| 0
| National Freedom Party| 260| 0.77| 0| 334| 0.98| 0| 0
| African Christian Democratic Party| 164| 0.48| 0| 164| 0.48| 0| 0
| Abantu Batho Congress| 138| 0.41| 0| 132| 0.39| 0| 0
| African Federal Convention| 60| 0.18| 0| 55| 0.16| 0| 0
| Al Jama-ah| 50| 0.15| 0| 38| 0.11| 0| 0
| African People's Movement| 26| 0.08| 0| 50| 0.15| 0| 0
| United Christian Democratic Party| 27| 0.08| 0| 48| 0.14| 0| 0
Total| 33,889| 100.00| 18| 33,945| 100.00| 17| 35
Valid votes| 33,889| 97.53| | 33,945| 97.48| |
Invalid/blank votes| 860| 2.47| | 876| 2.52| |
Total votes| 34,749| 100.00| | 34,821| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 74,694| 46.52| | 74,694| 46.62| |

## Corruption and assassination

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On 31 January 2025, African National Congress councillor Phendukani Mabhida wrote to the regional executive exposing corruption in the Mandeni municipality. Mandeni was assassinated hours before he was due to appear at a meeting to further address these concerns.[6]

## 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.
6. ^ Khanyile, Gcwalisile. "Slain ANC KZN councillor was trying to expose corruption". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2025-02-09.

## External links

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* http://www.mandeni.gov.za/

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