uMhlathuze
Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal · District King Cetshwayo
Contact details
- Telephone
- 035 907 5000
- Fax
- 035 907 5444
- Website
- www.umhlathuze.org.za
- Street address
- Civic Centre
5 Mark Strasse
Richards Bay
3900 - Postal address
- Private Bag X1004
Richards Bay
3900
Who to contact at uMhlathuze
Senior office bearers as published by National Treasury. Start with the administration (municipal manager or CFO); escalate to the mayor’s office if you get no response — or follow the full escalation path.
Mayor
Cllr Xolani Ngwezi
Political head of the council. Escalate service delivery complaints here when the administration has not responded.
Deputy Mayor
Cllr Christo Marius Botha
Deputises for the mayor and often carries specific portfolios.
Municipal Manager
Mr Phakama Noble Mhlongo
The accounting officer — the most senior official, responsible for day-to-day administration and staff.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr Mxolisi Kunene
Responsible for the budget, rates accounts, billing disputes and supply chain management.
About this municipality
Handles day-to-day services for a town and its surrounds, sharing responsibilities with its district municipality.
- Category
- Local municipality (Category B)
- Demarcation code
- KZN282
- Municipal type
- B1 — Secondary city — local municipality with a large budget
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
Audit outcome
Clean audit 2023/24 financial year
The financial statements are free of material misstatement, and the auditor raised no material findings on performance reporting or compliance. This is the best possible outcome.
Outcome determined by the Auditor-General of South Africa; budgets and spending published by National Treasury on Municipal Money.
Towns and areas in uMhlathuze
If your town appears here, uMhlathuze is the municipality to contact.
- Alton
- Arboretum
- Brackenham
- Cyrildene
- eMatshana
- eMevamhlophe
- Empangeni
- Empembeni
- eNseleni
- eSikhaleni
- Esikhawini H
- Fairview
- Felixton
- Grantham Park
- Hulett’s
- Ichubo
- Khandisa
- Korhaan Hill
- Kuleka
- Kwashodlisa
- Mandlazini
- Meer en See
- New Rail
- Ngwelezana
- Ngwelezane
- Nontshingo
- Ntiwa
- Ongoye
- Panorama
- Pension Farm
- Port Durnford
- Richards Bay
- Schoongezicht
- Sobamdlovu
- The Village
- Umhlatuzi Valley
- Umzimbete
- Veldenvlei
Neighbouring municipalities
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