Country South Africa Seat Richards Bay Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 793 km² Black african population 87.7% Native english speakers 9.7% | District King Cetshwayo Wards 30 Municipal code KZN282 White population 7.3% Native afrikaans speakers 5.1% Province KwaZulu-Natal | |
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Points of interest Umlalazi Nature Reserve, Alkantstrand Beach, Pelican Island, Enseleni Nature Reserve | ||
uMhlathuze Local Municipality is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Mhlatuze River.
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Map of uMhlathuze Municipality, South Africa
The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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 forty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.