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The Municipality has a total of 27 Councillors comprising 14 Ward Councillors and 13 Proportional Representatives (PR ‘s). Each of the 14 Wards has fully functional Ward Committees that serve to enhance public participation in municipal affairs. Figure 1 below shows the list of councillors in uMshwathi Municipality. The administrative structure of the Municipality as approved by the Council has 5 main Departments namely, Office of the Municipal Manager (headed by the Municipal Manager), Department of Finance Services (headed
by the Chief Financial Officer) and the Department of Corporate Services, Community Services and Technical Services (all headed by the General Managers). All the Departmental Heads, thus the general managers are appointed in terms of Section 54 of the Municipal Systems Act No 32 of 2000 and they report directly to the Municipal Manager