eDumbe

NFP

Largest Party

NFP

Coalition leader

NFP

Current Mayor

N/A

Changes of Mayors

The eDumbe Local Municipality is a Category B municipality situated within the Zululand District in the north-western part of the KwaZulu-Natal Province.

The municipality borders with the Mpumalanga Province in the north. It is the smallest of the five municipalities that make up the district, accounting for 13% of its geographical area.The location of the head office is in Paulpietersburg, which is 50km north of Vryheid and 59km south of Mkhondo (previously Piet Retief).

General Information

The municipal area of jurisdiction is demarcated into eight wards that are predominantly rural in nature. The economy of the municipality is based on agriculture, forestry and fishing (22.42%), wholesale and retail trade, catering and accomodation (15.38%), mining (14.76%), general government services (13.30%), finance and business services (9.93%), manufacturing (8.07%), community, social and personal services (7.39%), construction (6.44%)

No of Seats per Party

Composition of Council

The council has about 19 seats with 6 political parties represented in council. The NFP is leading with 6 seats followed by the ANC and IFP with 5 seats each. The EFF, ABC and DA have 1 seat respectively.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. M.S Mkhabela

NFP

Executive Mayor

Cllr. S.J Kunene

ANC

Deputy Executive Mayor

Cllr. D.J Nhlengethwa

NFP

Speaker

Cllr. N.D Ndlangamandla

IFP

Exco Member

Cllr. V.A Mthethwa

ANC

Chief Whip

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.

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