Mandeni Local Municipality (formerly eNdondakusuka Local Municipality) is an administrative area in the iLembe District of

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. 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.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: MandeniGBVMarch-09068

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-five members elected by

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. Eighteen councillors are elected by

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in eighteen wards, while the remaining seventeen are chosen from

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s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the

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(ANC) won a reduced majority of nineteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Corruption and assassination

On 31 January 2025,

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.

References

External links

* http://www.mandeni.gov.za/ {{Coord, 29, 09, 06, S, 31, 24, 29, E, type:adm3rd_source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Local municipalities of the iLembe District Municipality Mandeni Local Municipality