Mandeni Local Municipality

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.^[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

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

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6]^[7]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	23,629	24,128	47,757	65.9	16	7	23
	National Freedom Party	6,230	5,853	12,083	16.7	0	6	6
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,596	4,558	9,154	12.6	1	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,125	1,081	2,206	3.0	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	283	257	540	0.7	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	154	160	314	0.4	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	118	117	235	0.3	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	134	81	215	0.3	0	0	0
Total		36,269	36,235	72,504	100.0	17	17	34
Spoilt votes		720	647	1,367

References

↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Mandeni Municipality
↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mandeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mandeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

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

Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal

Metropolitan

eThekwini (Durban)

District
and local

Ugu	Ray Nkonyeni uMdoni uMuziwabantu Umzumbe Vulamehlo

Umgungundlovu	Impendle Mkhambathini Mpofana Msunduzi Richmond uMngeni uMshwathi

Uthukela	Alfred Duma Inkosi Langalibalele Okhahlamba

Umzinyathi	Endumeni Msinga Nquthu Umvoti

Amajuba	Dannhauser eMadlangeni Newcastle

Zululand	Abaqulusi eDumbe Nongoma Ulundi uPhongolo

Umkhanyakude	Big Five Hlabisa Jozini Mtubatuba uMhlabuyalingana

uThungulu	uMfolozi Mthonjaneni Nkandla Ntambanana uMhlathuze uMlalazi

iLembe	KwaDukuza Mandeni Maphumulo Ndwedwe

Harry Gwala	Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Greater Kokstad Ubuhlebezwe Umzimkhulu

List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal

Coordinates: 29°09′06″S 31°24′29″E / 29.15167°S 31.40806°E / -29.15167; 31.40806

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