UMlalazi Local Municipality
uMlalazi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMlalazi River.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Amatikulu | 1.38 | 732 | |
| Bangindoda | 126.37 | 7,112 | |
| Bhekabelungu Biyela | 7.32 | 923 | |
| Bhekeshowe | 79.53 | 11,789 | |
| Dinuzulu | 1.44 | 6,374 | |
| Emangidini | 6.86 | 648 | |
| Entembeni | 7.15 | 477 | |
| Eshowe | 16.33 | 5,230 | |
| Gingindlovu | 2.29 | 1,157 | |
| Khoza | 69.39 | 11,387 | |
| Kolweni | 19.38 | 3,583 | |
| KwaMondi | 20.46 | 6,651 | |
| Mombeni | 138.88 | 10,829 | |
| Mpungose | 173.38 | 26,955 | |
| Mpushini Park | 2.72 | 327 | |
| Mtunzini | 10.59 | 1,273 | |
| Mvuzane | 91.28 | 9,935 | |
| Mxhwanazi | 2.72 | 760 | |
| Mzimela | 241.85 | 29,731 | |
| Ndlangubo | 48.67 | 9,013 | |
| Ntuli | 329.56 | 22,189 | |
| Nzuza | 85.39 | 21,363 | |
| Sabeka | 5.99 | 212 | |
| Shange | 109.20 | 13,476 | |
| Sikhonyane | 14.29 | 1,231 | |
| Umgoye Forest | 39.02 | 6 | |
| Vuma | 7.85 | 0 | |
| Zulu | 14.62 | 5,710 | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 540.21 | 12,007 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of thirty seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.
In a by-election held on 29 November 2017, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the IFP candidate. Council composition was reconfigured as seen below: