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Who runs King Cetshwayo?

Sikhumbuzo Dlamini (IFP) has been (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) of King Cetshwayo since Nov 2024. In 2021, no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) won more than half of the (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) voters choose directly in King Cetshwayo.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Richards Bay · MeRyan, CC BY 2.0

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Which party controls the council?

Voters choose the (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.). The council chooses the (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.).

The IFP's Sikhumbuzo Dlamini is mayor of King Cetshwayo, and the district's website still names him. Dlamini was elected mayor in November 2024. This was after Thamsanqa Ntuli (IFP) became Premier. The website names Philile Xulu, also elected for the IFP, as deputy mayor. We found no source for the full make-up of the council. This is a (District council A council over several local municipalities. It runs services for the whole area. There are 44. Voters outside the metros also vote for it.). In 2021, no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) won more than half of the 18 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) voters choose directly. Those seats went IFP 9, ANC 7, DA 1 and EFF 1.

What the sources said, by date

  1. On the council's website, no date shown

    On its council members page, the district's website names Cllr S.Z. Dlamini as mayor, using the words 'His Worship the Mayor'. It names Cllr P.P. Xulu as deputy mayor. Its home page shows 'Municipal Mayor Cllr SZ Dlamini'.

  2. As of 12 Nov 2024

    IFP (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) Sikhumbuzo Dlamini was elected mayor of the King Cetshwayo District Municipality, replacing Thamsanqa Ntuli, who became Premier of KwaZulu-Natal.

  3. This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.

    As of 9 Nov 2021

    In 2021, Sikhumbuzo Zephania Dlamini and Philile Patience Xulu were elected as IFP councillors to the King Cetshwayo District Council. Dlamini was number 1 on the PR list (parties get PR seats from this list, to match their share of the votes). Xulu was number 2. The directly elected seats make up 40% of the council's seats.

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How were the seats split?

Voters choose 18 of this (District council A council over several local municipalities. It runs services for the whole area. There are 44. Voters outside the metros also vote for it.) (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) directly. The (Local municipality A municipality for a town or rural area outside the metros. There are 205.) send the other members. A (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) needs 10 of these 18 seats to win more than half of them. No party has that many.

  • IFP9
  • ANC7
  • DA1
  • EFF1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 10. That is more than half of the seats voters choose directly. Each party shows in its own colour.

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What has the council done?

We have not checked any claims about this (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.) yet. That is not a mark for or against it.

Core servicesWater, lights, rubbish and roads: what your council runs.No checks yet

Housing and landHouses, informal settlements and title deeds.No checks yet

Safety and jobsCrime, metro police and work in your area.No checks yet

Governance and moneyCorruption, audits and budgets: how your council uses your money.No checks yet

What the official records say

From the Auditor-General and the national government. Every council gets the same checks. A council that is not on a list shows no row.

The Auditor-General gave the King Cetshwayo district council a clean audit (unqualified with no findings) for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.

This means its accounts and its reports on its work were right, and it followed the key laws.

Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026

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You can only vote at the (Voting station The place where you vote, often a school or a hall. You can only vote at the one where you are registered.) where you are (Registered Your name is on the voters' roll. Registration for this election closed on 7 August 2026.).

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