uMhlathuze Local Municipality
Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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uMhlathuze Local Municipality is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Mhlatuze River.[5]
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uMhlathuze | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | King Cetshwayo |
Seat | Richards Bay |
Wards | 30 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Xolani Ngwezi[2] (IFP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Christo Botha[3] (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 793 km2 (306 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[4] | |
• Total | 334,459 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2022) | |
• Black African | 67.7% |
• Coloured | 1.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 5.8% |
• White | 33.3% |
First languages (2022) | |
• Zulu | 61.3% |
• English | 19.7% |
• Afrikaans | 15.1% |
• Southern Ndebele | 1.2% |
• Other | 2.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN282 |
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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.[6]