Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal
uMlalazi
55councillors in office
28wards
IFPlargest party, 2026 · 24 of 55 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
55 seats now · 55 in the incoming council. Majority is 28. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.
PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line
Ward councillors
28 wards- Ward 1 Alex Njabulo Sibiya2026 result → IFP
- Ward 2 Thandazani Nhlakanipho Shozi2026 result → IFP
- Ward 3 Mazwakhe Mbongiseni Morris Ntuli2026 result → IFP
- Ward 4 Khulekani Khumalo2026 result → IFP
- Ward 5 Simo Abraham Khuzwayo2026 result → IFP
- Ward 6 Bhekezakhe Clifford Makhathini2026 result → IFP
- Ward 7 Zanele Biyela2026 result → IFP
- Ward 8 Zakheleni Mfananini Mhlongo2026 result → IFP
- Ward 9 Mbongiseni Dludla2026 result → IFP
- Ward 10 Bhekizenzo Xolani Sibusiso Ntombela2026 result → IFP
- Ward 11 Stanley Basil Larkan2026 result → IFP
- Ward 12 Thokozani Herington Biyela2026 result → ANC
- Ward 13 Wiseman Linda Ngema2026 result → ANC
- Ward 14 Msawenkosi Daniel Dladla2026 result → IFP
- Ward 15 Nigel Mhlebeni Vilakazi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 16 Sizwe Abednego Makhathini2026 result → IFP
- Ward 17 Innocent Qiniso Ngema2026 result → ANC
- Ward 18 Stanley Bongi Dlamini2026 result → IFP
- Ward 19 Sifiso Welcome Yimba2026 result → IFP
- Ward 20 Patrick Bhekani Hlabisa2026 result → IFP
- Ward 21 Khulekani Mthembu2026 result → IFP
- Ward 22 Sthembile Innocent Zibane2026 result → IFP
- Ward 23 Justice Mthokozisi Ngema2026 result → IFP
- Ward 24 Mandlenkosi Bafanyana Biyela2026 result → IFP
- Ward 25 Mhlengeni Ndlovu2026 result → IFP
- Ward 26 Thamsanqa Mdlalose2026 result → IFP
- Ward 27 Mxoliseleni Mbongeleni Ngema2026 result → IFP
- Ward 28 Sikhumbuzo Mthunzi Gasa2026 result → IFP
PR councillors now
27 seatsProportional seats as elected in 2021. Parties replace PR councillors mid-term without the IEC publishing it; replacements are recorded as events where a source exists.
- PRBongokwakhe Mthokozisi NzuzaABC
- PRBhekokwakhe Lawrence ZunguANC
- PRBongo NombekelaANC
- PRBongumusa KhanyileANC
- PREdwina Fikile ShangeANC
- PRGoodness Zanele NcananaANC
- PRKhonazinhle Sharon MthabelaANC
- PRMduduzi Mzunjani KhanyileANC
- PRMkhulekeleni Sibonelo XuluANC
- PRMthokozisi Edward DlaminiANC
- PRMusa Mduduzi CebekhuluANC
- PRNcamsile Gertrude QwabeANC
- PRPatrick Tholithemba Omega ShangeANC
- PRThabile Lauraine NtanziANC
- PRZinhle MpungoseANC
- PRMavis Fikile MdluliDA
- PRNozipho Zinhle MthembuEFF
- PRSabelo David KhubisaEFF
- PRSbonelo Blessing KhozaEFF
- PRSlindile MagwazaEFF
- PRBongumusa Caleb MagwazaIFP
- PRJohn Keith PowellIFP
- PRKhanyisile NtanziIFP
- PRMelwayinkosi Gezinhliziyo MzimelaIFP
- PRQueen Theodorah XuluIFP
- PRVincent Mkhulumeleni XuluIFP
- PRKhayelihle Richard KumaloNFP
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
20 of 27 named27 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 20 named so far; the rest follow when the IEC publishes its councillor list. Expected from the IEC certified party lists and the declared seat allocation (list order, skipping ward winners). Confirmed when the IEC publishes its councillor list.
- List 1Edwina Fikile ShangeANC
- List 2Khonazinhle Sharon MthabelaANC
- List 3Mthokozisi Edward DlaminiANC
- List 4Zinhle MpungoseANC
- List 5Samkelisiwe Carol MgwabaANC
- List 6Musa Mduduzi CebekhuluANC
- List 1Mavis Fikile MdluliDA
- List 2Cullem Basil PountneyDA
- List 1Favourite Gugulethu BiyelaEFF
- List 1Queen Theodorah XuluIFP
- List 2Mxoliseleni Mbongeleni NgemaIFP
- List 3John Keith PowellIFP
- List 4Mbongiseni DludlaIFP
- List 5Welcome Qaphelani Simo NgemaIFP
- List 6Vincent Mkhulumeleni XuluIFP
- List 7Bongumusa Caleb MagwazaIFP
- List 8Khanyisile NtanziIFP
- List 9Wandile Bonga NtuliIFP
- List 1Lungelo Snenhlanhla MgengeUAPP
- List 1Samuel Neocleous NxumaloMK
How uMlalazi measures up
How we judgeuMlalazi meets 1 of 6 yardsticks
Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 6 separate answers. How we judge.
Clean books?
✓Meets the norm Clean
An unqualified audit with no findings
uMlalazi's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
!Well short 0.0 months
norm 3.0 months
uMlalazi holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.
best in KwaZulu-Natal43 of 44worst
2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady
Collects what it bills?
~Short of it 93%
norm 95%
For every R100 uMlalazi bills, it collects R93. Treasury expects R95.
best in KwaZulu-Natal15 of 43worst
2024/25 · was 86%↗ improving
Looks after what it owns?
~Short of it 5.5%
norm 8.0%
uMlalazi spends 5.5% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in KwaZulu-Natal11 of 37worst
2024/25 · was 4.5%↗ improving
Spends the building budget?
!Well short +60%
norm 0%
uMlalazi overspent its building budget by 60%.
best in KwaZulu-Natal21 of 44worst
2023/24 · was +6%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
~Short of it 1.7%
norm 0.0%
1.7% of uMlalazi's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in KwaZulu-Natal11 of 44worst
2023/24 · was 4.3%↗ improving
Treasury and Auditor-General detail
by financial year
For the whole 2021 to 2026 term, including every seat that changed hands, see the end-of-term report.
Audit outcome · Auditor-General, by financial year
Cash coverage
0.0 mo2024/25
province median 7.7 mo · Treasury: bad
Debtor collection
92.7%2024/25
province median 36.3% · Treasury: bad
Repairs and maintenance
5.5%2024/25
province median 2.4% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
60.2%2023/24
province median 127.6% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
1.7%2023/24
province median 13.5% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
1.552024/25
province median 1.70 · Treasury: good
The council's record, not any councillor's. Source: National Treasury Municipal Money and Auditor-General reports, fetched 11 Nov 2026. Financial years end in June.
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