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Alfred Duma

IFP

Largest Party

IFP

Coalition leader

IFP

Current Mayor

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Changes of Mayors

The Alfred Duma Local Municipality is a Category B municipality in the uThukela District within the region of northern KwaZulu-Natal.

The municipality is located in the uThukela Water Management Area (WMA) with the Klip River and Sunday’s River and their tributaries traversing the municipality. These rivers drain into the Tugela River (also known as uThukela), which is the largest river system in KwaZulu-Natal. The Tugela River forms part of the Tugela River Catchment, which is approximately 30 000 km2 in extent. This is one of the important river catchments in South Africa, which drains from the Drakensberg escarpment into the Indian Ocean. There is substantial runoff from the Tugela catchment as a result of high rainfall.

General Information

The municipality takes pride in prioritising the green environment the recently constructed waste recycling plant which will be fully function by end of 2016 which will in turn contribute towards creating jobs in the area especially for people in the rural areas. Another project that the municipality will embark on this financial year is planting of trees in and around the town to address the emition of gas in the atmosphere around the municipality.

Composition of Council

The council has 73 seats with 8 political parties represented in council. The IFP has the majority of seats with 33, followed by the ANC with 28, EFF 5, DA3 and the rest of the parties with 1 seat respectively.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. Zama Joel Sibisi

IFP

Mayor and Chairperson: Strategic Planning, Governance and Finance Portfolio Committee

Cllr Sizwe Simelane

IFP

Deputy Mayor and Chairperson: Technical and infrastructure Services Portfolio Committee

Cllr. Abbas Shaik Dawood Warasally

IFP

Chairperson: Spatial Planning, Economic Development and Housing Portfolio Committee

Cllr. Thobani Prince Dlamini

IFP

Chairperson: Community and Social Services Portfolio

Cllr. Zamukwenzani Israel Madondo

IFP

Chairperson: Corporate Services Portfolio Committee

Cllr. SE Madondo

EFF

Chairperson: Public Safety and Emergency Services Portfolio Committee

Historical Timeline

The Mayor is the political head of the Municipality and exercises both statutory and ceremonial functions. A 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.

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