UMfolozi Local Municipality

{{lowercase}} {{Infobox settlement | name = uMfolozi | official_name = | other_name = Mbonambi | native_name = | settlement_type = [[Local municipality (South Africa)|Local municipality]]  | image_seal = Mbonambi_CoA.png | seal_size = 150x100px  | image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with uMfolozi highlighted (2016).svg | mapsize = | map_alt = Location in KwaZulu-Natal | map_caption = Location in [[KwaZulu-Natal]] |coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[KwaZulu-Natal]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of South Africa|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality|King Cetshwayo]]  | seat = [[KwaMbonambi]] | parts_type = [[Ward (South Africa)|Wards]] |parts = 15  | government_footnotes = <ref name="muni_mayor">{{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }} </ref> | government_type = [[Municipal council]] | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Cllr Xolani Bhengu<ref>[http://umfolozi.gov.za/office-of-the-mayor/] Office of the Mayor</ref> | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1210  | population_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}} </ref> | population_total = 122889 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population"/> | demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|[[Bantu-speaking peoples of South Africa|Black African]]}} | demographics1_info1 = 98.8% | demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|[[Coloureds|Coloured]]}} | demographics1_info2 = 0.2% | demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|[[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]}} | demographics1_info3 = 0.2% | demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|[[White South African|White]]}} | demographics1_info4 = 0.8%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="muni_langs">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}} </ref> | demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|[[Zulu language|Zulu]]}} | demographics2_info1 = 92.6% | demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|[[English language|English]]}} | demographics2_info2 = 2.9% | demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|[[Southern Ndebele language|Southern Ndebele]]}} | demographics2_info3 = 1.5% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = % | demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}} | demographics2_info5 = 3%  | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2  | blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code | blank_info_sec1 = KZN281

| footnotes = }} '''uMfolozi Local Municipality''' (formerly '''Mbonambi Local Municipality''') is a [[local municipality (South Africa)|local municipality]] within the [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality]] of [[KwaZulu-Natal]] in [[South Africa]]. It is situated around the town of [[KwaMbonambi]], to the north of [[Richard's Bay]], stretching from the [[Indian Ocean]] to the edge of the [[Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park]].

It was originally named ''Mbonambi Local Municipality'', renamed to ''Mfolozi Local Municipality'' on 21 May 2009,<ref>{{cite news |title=Notice in terms of section 16(1)(b) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 – Mbonambi Municipality |author=Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs |newspaper=Provincial Gazette of KwaZulu-Natal |volume=3 |issue=275 |date=21 May 2009 |location=Pietermaritzburg |publisher=Government Printer}}</ref> and renamed again to ''uMfolozi Local Municipality'' on 12 February 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Notice in terms of section 16(3)(c) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 – proposed name change of the Mfolozi Municipality |author=Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs |newspaper=Provincial Gazette of KwaZulu-Natal |volume=9 |issue=1309 |date=12 February 2015 |location=Pietermaritzburg |publisher=Government Printer |url=https://archive.opengazettes.org.za/archive/ZA-NL/2015/provincial-gazette-ZA-NL-vol-9-no-1309-dated-2015-02-12.pdf |access-date=2021-05-10}}</ref> The name "Mbonambi" refers to the Mbonambi Local Tribal Authority, which covers most of the municipal area.<ref>[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names]</ref> 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 [[Ntambanana Local Municipality]] was merged into it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zululandobserver.co.za/109381/ntambanana-municipality-to-dissolve-in-september/|title=Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September|publisher=Zululand Observer|date=22 April 2016}}</ref>

==Main places== The [[South African National Census of 2001|2001 census]] divided the municipality into the following [[Populated place|main places]]:<ref>[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Place !! Code !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!! Population |- | [[Kwambonambi Forest Reserve]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53702 53702]||62.25||222 |- | [[KwaMbonambi]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53701 53701]||2.35||1,894 |- | [[Mapelane Nature Reserve]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53703 53703]||52.78||54 |- | [[Kwambonambi|Mbonambi]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53704 53704]||86.04||22,984 |- | [[Mhlana]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53705 53705]||515.65||64,527 |- | [[Sokhulu]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53706 53706]||98.17||12,632 |- | ''Remainder of the municipality'' || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/53707 53707]||391.24||4,623 |}

== Politics == {{main|uMfolozi 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 [[ward (South Africa)|wards]], while the remaining seventeen are chosen from [[party list]]s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

In the [[2021 South African municipal elections|election of 1 November 2021]] the [[Inkatha Freedom Party]] (IFP) won a narrow majority of eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mfolozi |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN281 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}</ref> {{Election results |firstround=Ward |secondround=List |party1=[[Inkatha Freedom Party]] |votes1=18884 |votes1_2=19572 |seats1=14 |seats1_2=4 |totseats1=18 |party2=[[African National Congress]] |votes2=14622 |votes2_2=14230 |seats2=4 |seats2_2=9 |totseats2=13 |party3=[[Economic Freedom Fighters]] |votes3=3223 |votes3_2=3359 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=3 |totseats3=3 |party4=[[Independent candidates]] |votes4=632 |votes4_2= |seats4=0 |seats4_2= |totseats4=0 |party5=[[National Freedom Party]] |votes5=292 |votes5_2=304 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1 |party6=[[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] |votes6=303 |votes6_2=272 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=0 |totseats6=0 |party7=[[African Independent Congress]] |votes7=145 |votes7_2=375 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0 |party8=[[Abantu Batho Congress]] |votes8=170 |votes8_2=161 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0 |party9=[[African People's Movement]] |votes9=109 |votes9_2=125 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0 |party10=[[African Christian Democratic Party]] |votes10=100 |votes10_2=93 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0 |party11=[[South Africa Vuka Movement]] |votes11=87 |votes11_2=69 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0 |party12=[[African Mantungwa Community]] |votes12=53 |votes12_2=53 |seats12=0 |seats12_2=0 |totseats12=0 |party13=[[African Transformation Movement]] |votes13=23 |votes13_2=53 |seats13=0 |seats13_2=0 |totseats13=0 |party14=[[United Christian Democratic Party]] |votes14=31 |votes14_2=34 |seats14=0 |seats14_2=0 |totseats14=0 |invalid=647 |invalid2=648 |electorate=74081 |electorate2=74081 }}

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

{|class="wikitable" |- ! Date !! Ward !!colspan=2| Party of the previous councillor !!colspan=2| Party of the newly elected councillor |- | 3 August 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/Downloads/MBE-Results |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=results.elections.org.za}}</ref> || 52801003 || {{Full party name with color|Inkatha Freedom Party}} || {{Full party name with color|Inkatha Freedom Party}} |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{official|http://www.umfolozi.gov.za/}}

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