Mandeni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District

ILembe District Municipality

iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza . The majority of its 560 409 people speak Zulu...

 of KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Manufacturing, elementary work and plant and machine work are the highest non-farming categories of labour. Mandeni includes substantial areas of commercial agriculture, with the bulk of these areas under sugar-cane. Agriculture is the main employment sector in the area.

Towns in the municipality include Mandeni

Mandeni

Mandeni is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The town has many factories and attracts workers from afar. The biggest employer is Sappi, the largest paper manufacturer in South Africa....

, Dunn's Reserve, Sundumbili, Tugela Mouth.