EMadlangeni Local Municipality
eMadlangeni Municipality, previously known as Utrecht Municipality, is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Main places
The South African [National Census of 2001|2001 census] divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Utrecht | 57.60 | 4,365 | |
| Waterval | 19.01 | 2,948 | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 3,462.16 | 24,969 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.In the 2021 [South African municipal election|election of 1 November 2021] the African National Congress lost its majority, with both the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party winning four seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.