uPhongolo
Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal · District Zululand
Contact details
- Telephone
- 034 413 1223
- Fax
- 034 413 1706
- Website
- www.uphongolo.gov.za
- Street address
- Uphongolo Municipality
61 Martin Street
Pongola
3170 - Postal address
- PO Box 191
Pongola
3170
Who to contact at uPhongolo
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 Bhekinkosi Thwala
Political head of the council. Escalate service delivery complaints here when the administration has not responded.
Deputy Mayor
Cllr BES Ntshangase
Deputises for the mayor and often carries specific portfolios.
Municipal Manager
Mr Mtonjani Bethuel Khali
The accounting officer — the most senior official, responsible for day-to-day administration and staff.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr Khulekani Wesley Grant Ngcobo (Acting MM
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
- KZN262
- Municipal type
- B4 — Mostly rural — local municipality with little urban settlement
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Zululand District Municipality
Audit outcome
Unqualified with findings 2023/24 financial year
The financial statements themselves are reliable, but the auditor raised findings on performance reporting or compliance with legislation. Financially sound, with issues to fix.
Outcome determined by the Auditor-General of South Africa; budgets and spending published by National Treasury on Municipal Money.
Towns and areas in uPhongolo
If your town appears here, uPhongolo is the municipality to contact.
- Altona
- Bennezar
- Bethel
- Dlomodlomo
- Dwarsrand
- eSivule
- Golela
- Izitende
- Khiphunyawo
- KwaDumenkungwini
- KwaMlimisi
- Magudu
- Mangengenene
- Mbekakanye
- Ncotshane
- Ngotshe
- Ouderdom
- Pongola
- Uithoek
Neighbouring municipalities
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