… a Municipality that improves the quality of life of its people

The local sphere of government consists of municipalities throughout South Africa. In these municipalities the executive and legislative authority of a municipality is vested in its Municipal Council.

A municipality has the right to govern, on its own initiative, the local government affairs of its community, subject to national and provincial legislation, as provided for in the Constitution.

The national or a provincial government may not compromise or impede a municipality’s ability or right to exercise its powers or perform its functions.The Chief Albert Luthuli Municipal Council, led by the Executive Mayor Cllr DP Nkosi, is divided in the Mayoral Committee, The Ward Councillors and The Proportional Representive Councillors with a Speaker and Chief Whip.

The Executive Mayor is the first citizen of the Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality and has the overall political responsibility for the local municipality. The Executive Mayor represents the face of the Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality and is responsible for managing all its affairs. This is a mammoth task in a municipality with 187 629 citizens.

CLLR DP Nkosi
CLLR DP Nkosi
Executive Mayor
CLLR SV Gininda
CLLR SV Gininda
Speaker
CLLR LL Sidu
CLLR LL Sidu
Chief Whip

Members of Mayoral Committee

The Mayoral Committee was set up to assist the Executive Mayor.

Acting as a local cabinet, the Mayoral Committee is made up of 5 members, including the Executive Mayor, who is also its chairperson. The Executive Mayor designates the roles of each MMC or Member of the Mayoral Committee.

CLLR NG Thomo
MMC Special Programmes
CLLR SN DUBE
CLLR SN Dube
MMC TECH. SERVICES
CLLr SP NKOSI
CLLR SP NKOSI
MMC PED
CLLr JT MATHEBULA
CLLR JT MATHEBULA
MMC CORPORATE SERV.
CLLr ES Dhlamini
CLLR ES Dhlamini
MMC FINANCE
CLLr RD MOTAUNG
CLLR RD MOTAUNG
MPAC CHAIRPERSON
CLLr GG ZULU
CLLR GG ZULU
MMC COMM. SERVICES

Ward Councillors

Ward Councilors are members directly elected by the public during the local government elections, representing their area of demarcation.   A ward councilor’s primary role is to represent their ward or division and the people who live in it. Councilors provide a bridge between the community and the council. … communicate council decisions that affect them. They are predominantly tasked with ensuring the delivery of services as per the mandate of the ruling government of the day.

CLLr MJ NKUMANE
CLLR MJ NKUMANE
ward 1
CLLR KV NKAMBULE
CLLR KV NKAMBULE
WARD 9
CLLR BM MAUKU
CLLR BM MAUKU
WARD 14
CLLR JT MATHEBULA
CLLR JT MATHEBULA
WARD 20
CLLr VB MABUZA
CLLR VB MABUZA
WARD 4
CLLR SK LULANE
CLLR SK LULANE
WARD 10
CLLr RD MOTAUNG
CLLR RD Motaung
MPAC CHAIRPERSON
CLLR D JELE
CLLR D JELE
WARD 22
CLLr NP NKOSI
CLLR NP NKOSI
WARD 5
CLLR J MAKENE
CLLR J MAKENE
WARD 11
CLLR O GININDA
CLLR O GININDA
WARD 18
CLLR SJ THWALA
CLLR SJ THWALA
WARD 24
CLLR SN DUBE
CLLR SN Dube
MMC TECH. SERVICES
CLLR XSG SHIBA
CLLR XSG Shiba
WARD 12
CLLR BM MASUKU
CLLR BM MASUKU
WARD 19
CLLR AJ NKOSI
CLLR AJ NKOSI
WARD 25

Proportional Representative Councillors

In the Local Government Landscape, the proportional system of representation constitutes 1 half of the electorate system. One of the two ways one can hold a councilor seat in a municipality is by being elected a ward councilor. The other is by being elected through a proportional representation process based on the number of votes a political party receives. A PR councilor is chosen based on this number of votes a political party gets in an election. All PR votes for a political party will then be allocated proportionally. This means that if party X gets 10 percent of all the PR votes cast in a municipality, party X will hold 10 percent of the seats in Council.