uMfolozi Local Municipality (formerly Mbonambi Local Municipality) is a local municipality within the

King Cetshwayo District Municipality King Cetshwayo District Municipality (formerly Uthungulu District Municipality) is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of the district is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 ...

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. It is situated around the town of KwaMbonambi, to the north of

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, stretching from the

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to the edge of the Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park. It was originally named ''Mbonambi Local Municipality'', renamed to ''Mfolozi Local Municipality'' on 21 May 2009, and renamed again to ''uMfolozi Local Municipality'' on 12 February 2015. The name "Mbonambi" refers to the Mbonambi Local Tribal Authority, which covers most of the municipal area. The name Mfolozi/uMfolozi refers to the Umfolozi River which forms the northern boundary of the municipality. The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded

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was merged into it.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-five members elected by

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. Eighteen councillors are elected by

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in eighteen

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, while the remaining seventeen are chosen from

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s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the

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(IFP) won a narrow majority of eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.

References

External links

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