Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality welcomes the new Municipal Manager, Mr SB Mthembu.

Mr Mthembu whose appointment is with effect as from the 4th of January 2023 joins the municipality at a critical time where the municipality was in desperate need for an administrative head to steer its strategies towards growth and development of Inkosi Langalibalele citizens and enhance its service delivery and improve its audit performance.

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The new council of the ILM has been sworn in.

In an inaugural council meeting conducted in the Estcourt Town Hall on November 22, 2021, the INkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality officially swore in 47 new councillors.

In the presence of numerous stakeholders and members of the community, 24 ward councillors and 23 PR councillors took an oath. Cllr. S Khumalo was elected speaker of council with an overwhelming majority, Cllr. M Myeza was elected new mayor, Cllr. N Dladla was elected deputy mayor, and Cllr. MC Mkhize was elected chief whip of council, all from the IFP. Cllr Cherry of the DA was elected to the position of MPAC chairperson.

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KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Ms Neliswa Peggy Nkonyeni today, 22 June 2021 visited families of 6 victims who died in a horrific R74 accident on Saturday evening.

The collision involved a mini bus taxi that was travelling from a wedding ceremony in Nkandla to Estcourt which collided head on with an oncoming bakkie leaving 6 people dead on scene and scores sustaining critical injuries.

Salga/ UNDP covid- 19 support programme was conducted in the ILM on the 13 April 2021 at the Lambert Park hall. The target group in this regard were local informal traders.

SALGA cited that they were able to source funding from the Japannese Government through UNDP( United Nations Development Programme) with the aim of helping the informal traders to sustain their businesses.Read More

As winter season draw nearer, and more crops will be harvested, the period between winter and spring is not an easy one having noted that heavy rains that poured from December 2020 to February 2021 caused huge damages.

It is very critical that people be equipped with something that will enable them to sustain their lively hoods until the next planting season begins in summer.

This year has started with a lot of uncertainties in as far as academic activities are concerned. This was due to the current corona virus scourge that forced schools to reopen in February for the first time in History.

Challenges experienced last year involving the inperson and remote learning. Both teachers and parents had to revisit what is most important for their children and how to best support their development.

A special visit to the Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality by the Acting Premier of the KwaZulu Natal Province, MEC Nomsa Dube who is the MEC for Economic Development Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the province.

The 25th of November every year is set as a day in which MEC champions in their respective districts launches the 16 days of Activism for no violence against women and children. Read More

On the 18 of September 2019, the Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality together with Department of Arts and Culture convened a stakeholder’s engagement in a form of a dialogue to dissect women related matters.

This follows the series of gender based violence that broke out in South Africa. The Inkosi Langalibalele local municipality together with Department of art and Culture condemns any form of violence against women and children and to do this in style.Read More