Inkosi Mtubatuba

IFP

Largest Party

IFP

Coalition leader

IFP

Current Mayor

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Changes of Mayors

Inkosi Mtubatuba Municipality is one of five Category B Municipalities within the Umkhanyakude District Municipality.

The municipality is located on the North-East of the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Mtubatuba forms the Southern end of Umkhanyakude District, with the N2 almost dividing the Municipality into Mtubatuba East, and Mtubatuba West.

General Information

Inkosi Mtubatuba Municipality is bounded to the South by Mfolozi River, which separates the Municipality with Umfolozi Municipality (King Cetshwayo District Municipality) further South. On the East, Mtubatuba Municipality is bordered by the ocean, while it is bounded by the Big Five False Bay Municipality in the immediate North. Hlabisa Municipality and Hluhluwe–Umfolozi Park form the Western boundary of the Municipality. The municipality is strategically located along the N2 which links the municipal area to strategic areas such as Richards Bay, eThekwini Metropolitan area, Mpumalanga Province and SADC countries such as Swaziland and Mozambique.

No of Seats per Party

Composition of Council

The council has about 45 seats with 8 political parties represented in council, with 2 independent candidates. The IFP has the majority of seats at 45 followed by the ANC at 14, EFF 4, IND 2 and the rest of the parties in council have 1 seat respectively.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. M. Mthethwa

IFP

Mayor

Cllr. N.A. Mthethwa

EFF

Deputy Mayor

Cllr. S.J. Shezi

IFP

Speaker

Cllr. M.P. Ndlovu

IFP

Whip of Council

Historical Timeline

The Mayor has the responsibility for managing the municipality as its political head. In performing his duties he has to identify the needs of the municipality, make recommendations to council on strategies to address such needs as well as to identify and recommend the best strategy towards service delivery. General political guidance is provided by his office over the financial affairs and has to ensure that the municipality performs its functions within the limits of the approved budget.
The speaker’s role in the municipality is to ensure oversight, accountability, integrity, discipline of office, and the efficient running of Council meetings. The speaker ensures that, Council meets at least on a quarterly basis. My duties and functions as Speaker entail the following: Chair of Council meetings, Implementation of the Code of Conduct, Exercise of delegated functioning including: facilitating public participation in legislation matters establishment and functioning of ward committees provide support to councillors.

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