Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

OVERVIEW OF THE ULUNDI MUNICIPALITY
The Ulundi Local Municipality is located on the southern boundary of the Zululand
District Municipality in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal. The Ulundi municipal area is
approximately 3 250 square kilometres in extent and includes the towns and settlements
of Ulundi, Nqulwane, Mahlabathini, Babanango, Mpungamhlophe and Ceza as well as the
Traditional Authorities of Buthelezi, Hlatshwayo, Jama, Lukhwazi, Ntuli, Mbatha,
Mpungose, Ndebele, Ntombela, Usuthu, Ximba, Zungu and a number of large farms in the
western part of the area. The largest concentration is, however, in the town of Ulundi
and its surrounding rural peripheral area.
The Ulundi Local Municipality consists of 24 wards with 47 Councillors and its area is
now roughly 100 times the size of the original area administered by the then Ulundi TLC,
the largest part of which is rural and underdeveloped. Approximately half of the
Municipal area consists of commercial farms and the area supports a substantial
agricultural community. The town of Ulundi represents the only urban centre in the
Ulundi Local Municipal area and accommodates approximately 40 000 people. The
settlement pattern reveals a high population concentration in the town of Ulundi and
densely populated peri-urban area surrounding the town and along the main routes R34,
R66 and P700. Further settlement concentrations include:
Nqulwane in the eastern part of Ulundi with the Okhukho Coal Mine;
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