Maphumulo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

[4] The municipality is predominantly rural, comprising mostly tribal land, which is administered by the Ingonyama Trust on behalf of local communities.

Subsistence agricultural activities in the form of small cropping areas attached to traditional family units dominate land usage.

Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of eleven seats on the council.