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uMdoni

ANC

Largest Party

ANC

Coalition leader

ANC

Current Mayor

1

Changes of Mayors

The Umdoni Local Municipality is a Category B municipality located within the Ugu District in the KwaZulu-Natal Province.

Umdoni Local Municipality is located in KwaZulu-Natal within the Ugu District Municipality (DC21). Our local municipality consists of 19 wards. It abuts eThekwini Metro to the north, and uMzumbe to the south, making it almost halfway from Port Shepstone and Durban. The Municipality is therefore conveniently located about 50 km from Durban and 65 km from Port Shepstone. UMdoni has an approximate coastline of 40 km and stretches inland as far as uMzinto.

General Information

The municipality incorporates 7 traditional authority areas. The traditional Authorities falls under Ugu Local Houses of Traditional Leaders in KZN. The Local House has its own vision, mission, and strategic focus areas, depending on the development programmes of its community. The Ugu Local House is governed by the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 41 of 2003, and the KZN Traditional Leadership and Governance Act, 5 of 2005. These two pieces of legislation ensure alignment of the institution of traditional leadership in KZN with constitutional imperatives. UMdoni Council comprises of 19 ward Councillors and 18 Proportional Representative Councillors.

No of Seats per Party

Composition of Council

The council has about 37 seats and 7 political parties represented in council. The ANC has the majority of seats with 17, followed by the DA with 7, IFP 5, EFF 5and the rest of the parties i=with 1 seat respectively.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. Mbali Cele-Luthuli
ANC
Executive Mayor
Cllr. Phila Thabethe
ANC
Deputy Mayor
Cllr. Mthandeni Mbutho
N/A
Speaker

Historical Timeline

The powers and functions of the Mayor are set out in section 56 of the Structures Act. The Mayor is the political head of the Municipality and exercises both statutory and ceremonial functions. An executive mayor is entitled to receive reports from committees of the municipal council and to forward these reports together with a recommendation to the council when the matter cannot be disposed of by the executive mayor in terms of the executive mayor’s delegated powers.
The speaker’s role in a municipality is key to ensuring oversight, accountability, integrity, discipline of office, and the efficient running of council meetings. As such, impartiality in the exercise of his or her function is essential for the speaker. The speaker must distinguish between his or her activities as a politician and his or her functions as a speaker. It also means that the function of the speaker and the non-partisan exercise of that function must be respected by members, parties and interests represented in the council.

  • Mayor: Cllr. Sibongile Khathi

    Party: ANC

    Votes for: 22
    Parties for: ANC, EFF
    From: 22 November 2021 – 9 February 2023

  • Speaker: Cllr. Mbali Cele Luthuli

    Party: ANC

    Votes for: 22
    Parties for: ANC
    From: 22 November 2021 – 31 January 2024

  • Mayor: Cllr. Mbali Cele Luthuli

    Party: ANC

    Votes for: 22
    Parties for: ANC,EFF
    From: 31 January 2024 – Current

  • Speaker: Cllr. Mthandeni Mbutho

    Party: ANC

    Votes for: 23
    Parties for: ANC, EFF, AL Jama-ah
    From: 31 January 2024 – Current

Local News & Analysis

KZN COGTA to take action against Umdoni Local Municipality over service delivery concerns

6 August 2024