uMuziwabantu

ANC

Largest Party

ANC

Coalition leader

ANC

Current Mayor

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Changes of Mayors

The Umuziwabantu Local Municipality is a Category B municipality located on the western boundary of the Ugu District in KwaZulu-Natal.

The municipality lies at the foot of the Ingeli Mountain Range and the Umtamvuna River marks the southern boundary. It shares its borders to the north, west and south with the Eastern Cape, and to the east with the uMzumbe and Ray Nkonyeni Municipalities. It is one of four municipalities in the district.

General Information

Umuziwabantu Municipality consists of a largely rural area. Features include an urban development (the town of Harding), farmland, commercially-grown forests, and traditional authority areas. Apart from the town of Harding, which is the seat of the municipality, 56% of the municipal area is occupied by individually-owned commercial farms and the Weza afforestation region. The six tribal authority areas (KwaMachi, KwaJala, KwaMbotho, KwaFodo, Dumisa and Bashweni) make up 42% of the municipality’s land.

Composition of Council

The council has 21 seats in with 6 political parties represented in council. The ANC has the majority of seats with 10 but falls short of the requisite 11 to govern alone. The current coalition is made of the ANC and ABC totalling 11 seats.

No of Seats per Party

Key Positions in Council

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. L.S Zungu
ANC
Mayor
Cllr. N.P Luthuli
ANC
Deputy Mayor
Cllr. P.N Shebi
ANC
Speaker

Historical Timeline

The council was constituted on November 2021 with no changes.

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