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Who runs uMlalazi?

Q.T. Xulu (IFP) is (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) of uMlalazi, as of 31 Jul 2026. In 2021, the IFP 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.) in uMlalazi.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Eshowe · RN Nobby Clarke, CC BY-SA 3.0

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.).

Queen Xulu of the IFP is mayor. The (Municipality The local government for your area. It looks after local services, such as water, rubbish removal and local roads. There are 257.) still named her as mayor in July 2026. In 2021, the IFP won 30 of the 55 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). That is a majority. We found no change of control.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 31 Jul 2026

    A municipal news item dated 31 July 2026 refers to the municipality 'under the leadership of Her Worship Mayor Cllr Q.T. Xulu'.

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

    As of 30 Jun 2025

    Cllr QT Xulu was mayor and Cllr MM Ngema was deputy mayor in the year ended 30 June 2025. Cllr JK Powell was speaker (the (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) who chairs council meetings). This is from the audited annual financial statements (accounts checked by an auditor). They do not state the (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.).

  3. As of 8 Oct 2023

    uMlalazi mayor Queen Xulu received a Sebenza Women Excellence award. The report describes her as an IFP national executive member. It also quotes the IFP's KwaZulu-Natal chairperson praising her leadership of the municipality.

  4. As of 9 Nov 2021

    In 2021, Queen Theodorah Xulu was elected in uMlalazi as an IFP PR councillor. A PR councillor is a councillor a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes. Xulu was number 1 on the list.

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How were the seats split?

Who holds the 55 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) now, counted up to 24 Jun 2026. A (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) needs 28 seats to run the (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.) on its own. The IFP has 30, so it can choose the (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) and pass the budget on its own.

  • IFP30
  • ANC18
  • EFF4
  • Abantu Batho Congress1
  • DA1
  • National Freedom Party1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 28. That is how many seats one party needs to run the council alone. Each party shows in its own colour. 2 parties have no colour on record, so they are grey too.

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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 uMlalazi 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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Where do I vote, and who is my ward councillor?

uMlalazi has 28 (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.). 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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