The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4] The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.

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

[citation needed] In the election of 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority.

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) received the most seats with nineteen.

An IFP-led executive was elected on 3 February 2022.