Mandeni Local Municipality

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Mandeni

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Mandeni_CoA.gif

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Mandeni highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

| map_caption = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = iLembe

| seat = Mandeni

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 17

| government_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Thabani Phiwayinkosi Mdlalose

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 545

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 138078

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 96.7%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.5%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 1.7%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 1.0%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info1 = 89.9%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info2 = 4.6%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Southern Ndebele}}

| demographics2_info3 = 1.2%

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| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 4.3%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = KZN291

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Mandeni Local Municipality (formerly eNdondakusuka Local Municipality) is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Manufacturing, elementary work and plant and machine work are the highest non-farming categories of labour. Mandeni includes substantial areas of commercial agriculture, with the bulk of these areas under sugar-cane. Agriculture is the main employment sector in the area.{{Cite web|title=KwaZulu-Natal Top Business {{!}} Mandeni Local Municipality|url=https://www.kzntopbusiness.co.za/site/mandeni|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.kzntopbusiness.co.za}}

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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! Place !! Code !! Area (km2)!! Population

eNdondakusuka[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54301 54301]160.306,126
Hlomendini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54302 54302]24.741,339
Macambini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54303 54303]161.8934,337
Mandini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54304 54304]10.053,944
Mathonsi[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54305 54305]68.9321,692
Ntunzini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54306 54306]28.322,412
Sikhonyane[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54307 54307]99.5330,125
Sundumbili[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54308 54308]8.7624,299
Tugela Mouth[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54310 54310]0.59210
Tugela[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54309 54309]12.464,170
Umlalazi Nature Reserve[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54311 54311]4.260

Politics

{{main|Mandeni Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of thirty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of nineteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mandeni |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/KZN291 |access-date=2021-11-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=17418 |votes1_2=17930 |seats1=16 |seats1_2=3 |totseats1=19

|party2=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes2=8832 |votes2_2=9307 |seats2=2 |seats2_2=8 |totseats2=10

|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=3453 |votes3_2=3647 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=4 |totseats3=4

|party4=Democratic Alliance |votes4=781 |votes4_2=793 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1

|party5=Independent candidates |votes5=1512 |votes5_2= |seats5=0 |seats5_2= |totseats5=0

|party6=African Independent Congress |votes6=652 |votes6_2=680 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1

|party7=Justice and Employment Party |votes7=248 |votes7_2=413 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0

|party8=African Transformation Movement |votes8=268 |votes8_2=354 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0

|party9=National Freedom Party |votes9=260 |votes9_2=334 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0

|party10=African Christian Democratic Party |votes10=164 |votes10_2=164 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0

|party11=Abantu Batho Congress |votes11=138 |votes11_2=132 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0

|party12=African Federal Convention |votes12=60 |votes12_2=55 |seats12=0 |seats12_2=0 |totseats12=0

|party13=Al Jama-ah |votes13=50 |votes13_2=38 |seats13=0 |seats13_2=0 |totseats13=0

|party14=African People's Movement |votes14=26 |votes14_2=50 |seats14=0 |seats14_2=0 |totseats14=0

|party15=United Christian Democratic Party |votes15=27 |votes15_2=48 |seats15=0 |seats15_2=0 |totseats15=0

|invalid=860 |invalid2=876

|electorate=74694 |electorate2=74694

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Corruption and assassination

On 31 January 2025, African National Congress councillor Phendukani Mabhida wrote to the regional executive exposing corruption in the Mandeni municipality. Mandeni was assassinated hours before he was due to appear at a meeting to further address these concerns.{{Cite web |last=Khanyile |first=Gcwalisile |title=Slain ANC KZN councillor was trying to expose corruption |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/slain-anc-kzn-councillor-was-trying-to-expose-corruption-2d5196e8-54c9-4407-bb11-5ccdf4cf0810 |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.iol.co.za |language=en}}

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