uMhlathuze | |
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![]() Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | King Cetshwayo |
Seat | Richards Bay |
Wards | 30 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Xolani Ngwezi[1] (IFP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Christo Botha[2] (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 793 km2 (306 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[4] | |
• Total | 412,075 |
• Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2022) | |
• Black African | 87.7% |
• Coloured | 0.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.7% |
• White | 7.5% |
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 |
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.[6]
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.[7]