Back UMhlathuze Plaaslike Munisipaliteit Afrikaans UMhlathuze CEB City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality German Municipalità locale di uMhlathuze Italian UMhlathuze Dutch Umhlatuze Komunie, Sud Afrika NOV Mmušôgaê wa uMhlathuze NSO UMhlathuze Polish UMasipala wase Mhlathuze Zulu
uMhlathuze | |
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.svg) 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]
- ^ "City of uMhlathuze elects new mayor". Zululand Observer. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "All rise for the new uMhlathuze deputy mayor". Zululand Observer. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "uMhlathuze (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ "Ntambanana municipality to dissolve in September". Zululand Observer. 22 April 2016.