UMngeni Local Municipality

uMngeni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Mngeni) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMngeni River that runs through the municipal area.^[4]

uMngeni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMgungundlovu
Seat	Howick
Wards	13
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Chris Pappas (DA)
• Deputy Mayor	Sandile Mnikathi (DA)
Area
• Total	1,567 km2 (605 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	105,069
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [2]
• Black African	66.7%
• Coloured	2.3%
• Indian/Asian	7.6%
• White	22.9%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	64.3%
• English	25.5%
• Sotho	3.8%
• Afrikaans	2.1%
• Other	4.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN222

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Balgowan		3.84	980	English
Cedara		16.17	1,280	Zulu
Cedarge		6.78	5,888	Zulu
Emashingeni		2.52	720	Zulu
Fort Nottingham		0.52	38	Zulu
Garlington		1.35	186	English
Hilton		30.90	9,340	English
Howick		29.32	21,639	English
Karkloof Nature Reserve		0	7.99
KwaMevana		3.16	5,102	Zulu
Lidgetton West		7.99	4,521	Zulu
Lions River		2.41	970	Zulu
Midmar		29.68	95	Zulu
Mpophomeni		4,58	25,732	Zulu
Nottingham Road		3.07	1,277	Zulu
Zenzani		0.43	509	Zulu
Remainder of the municipality		1,415.79	14,443	Zulu

Politics

Main article: uMngeni Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councilors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of thirteen seats in the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

uMngeni local election, 1 November 2021[6][7][8]
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	Democratic Alliance	14,035	14,310	28,345	47.4	5	8	13
	African National Congress	11,100	12,319	23,419	39.2	8	2	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,122	2,019	4,141	6.9	0	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,256	–	2,256	3.8	0	–	0
	6 other parties	687	935	1,622	2.7	0	0	0
Total		30,200	29,583	59,783		13	12	25
Valid votes		30,200	29,583	59,783	98.2
Spoilt votes		660	450	1,110	1.8
Total votes cast		30,860	30,033	60,893
Voter turnout		30,883
Registered voters		54,063
Turnout percentage		57.1