# 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 (km$^2$) | Population |
| Amatikulu | 54001 | 1.38 | 732 |
| Bangindoda | 54002 | 126.37 | 7,112 |
| Bhekabelungu Biyela | 54003 | 7.32 | 923 |
| Bhekeshowe | 54004 | 79.53 | 11,789 |
| Dinuzulu | 54005 | 1.44 | 6,374 |
| Emangidini | 54006 | 6.86 | 648 |
| Entembeni | 54007 | 7.15 | 477 |
| Eshowe | 54008 | 16.33 | 5,230 |
| Gingindlovu | 54009 | 2.29 | 1,157 |
| Khoza | 54010 | 69.39 | 11,387 |
| Kolweni | 54011 | 19.38 | 3,583 |
| KwaMondi | 54012 | 20.46 | 6,651 |
| Mombeni | 54013 | 138.88 | 10,829 |
| Mpungose | 54014 | 173.38 | 26,955 |
| Mpushini Park | 54015 | 2.72 | 327 |
| Mtunzini | 54016 | 10.59 | 1,273 |
| Mvuzane | 54017 | 91.28 | 9,935 |
| Mxhwanazi | 54018 | 2.72 | 760 |
| Mzimela | 54019 | 241.85 | 29,731 |
| Ndlangubo | 54020 | 48.67 | 9,013 |
| Ntuli | 54021 | 329.56 | 22,189 |
| Nzuza | 54022 | 85.39 | 21,363 |
| Sabeka | 54023 | 5.99 | 212 |
| Shange | 54024 | 109.20 | 13,476 |
| Sikhonyane | 54025 | 14.29 | 1,231 |
| Umgoye Forest | 54026 | 39.02 | 6 |
| Vuma | 54028 | 7.85 | 0 |
| Zulu | 54029 | 14.62 | 5,710 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 54027 | 540.21 | 12,007 |

## Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight 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 1 November 2021 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of thirty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 27,555 | 52.75 | 24 | 28,287 | 54.17 | 6 | 30 |
| | African National Congress | 16,929 | 32.41 | 4 | 17,170 | 32.88 | 14 | 18 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,544 | 6.78 | 0 | 3,411 | 6.53 | 4 | 4 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 919 | 1.76 | 0 | 878 | 1.68 | 1 | 1 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 764 | 1.46 | 0 | 889 | 1.70 | 1 | 1 |
| | National Freedom Party | 469 | 0.90 | 0 | 578 | 1.11 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 986 | 1.89 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | People's Freedom Party | 558 | 1.07 | 0 | 408 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 |
| | The Organic Humanity Movement | 143 | 0.27 | 0 | 118 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 118 | 0.23 | 0 | 126 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Academic Congress Union | 92 | 0.18 | 0 | 75 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Convention | 55 | 0.11 | 0 | 87 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Movement | 43 | 0.08 | 0 | 61 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 22 | 0.04 | 0 | 73 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 37 | 0.07 | 0 | 56 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 52,234 | 100.00 | 28 | 52,217 | 100.00 | 27 | 55 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 52,234 | 97.98 | | 52,217 | 98.14 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,075 | 2.02 | | 991 | 1.86 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 53,309 | 100.00 | | 53,208 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 106,317 | 50.14 | | 106,317 | 50.05 | | |