UMfolozi Local Municipality

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = uMfolozi

| official_name =

| other_name = Mbonambi

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Mbonambi_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with uMfolozi highlighted (2016).svg

| mapsize =

| map_alt = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

| map_caption = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

|coordinates =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = King Cetshwayo

| seat = KwaMbonambi

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 15

| 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 |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Cllr Xolani Bhengu[http://umfolozi.gov.za/office-of-the-mayor/] Office of the Mayor

| leader_title1 =

| leader_name1 =

| leader_title2 =

| leader_name2 =

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1210

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

| population_total = 122889

| 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 = 98.8%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.2%

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

| demographics1_info3 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 0.8%

| 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 |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info1 = 92.6%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info2 = 2.9%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Southern Ndebele}}

| demographics2_info3 = 1.5%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 = %

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 3%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = KZN281

| footnotes =

}}

uMfolozi Local Municipality (formerly Mbonambi Local Municipality) is a local municipality within the King Cetshwayo District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is situated around the town of KwaMbonambi, to the north of Richard's Bay, stretching from the Indian Ocean to the edge of the Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park.

It was originally named Mbonambi Local Municipality, renamed to Mfolozi Local Municipality on 21 May 2009,{{cite news |title=Notice in terms of section 16(1)(b) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 – Mbonambi Municipality |author=Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs |newspaper=Provincial Gazette of KwaZulu-Natal |volume=3 |issue=275 |date=21 May 2009 |location=Pietermaritzburg |publisher=Government Printer}} and renamed again to uMfolozi Local Municipality on 12 February 2015.{{cite news |title=Notice in terms of section 16(3)(c) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 – proposed name change of the Mfolozi Municipality |author=Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs |newspaper=Provincial Gazette of KwaZulu-Natal |volume=9 |issue=1309 |date=12 February 2015 |location=Pietermaritzburg |publisher=Government Printer |url=https://archive.opengazettes.org.za/archive/ZA-NL/2015/provincial-gazette-ZA-NL-vol-9-no-1309-dated-2015-02-12.pdf |access-date=2021-05-10}} The name "Mbonambi" refers to the Mbonambi Local Tribal Authority, which covers most of the municipal area.[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names] The name Mfolozi/uMfolozi refers to the Umfolozi River which forms the northern boundary of the municipality.

The municipality was enlarged at the time of the South African municipal election, 2016 when part of the disbanded Ntambanana Local Municipality was merged into it.{{cite news|url=http://zululandobserver.co.za/109381/ntambanana-municipality-to-dissolve-in-september/|title=Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September|publisher=Zululand Observer|date=22 April 2016}}