KwaDukuza Local Municipality

This article is about the Local municipality. For the town with the same name, see KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal.
KwaDukuza
Local municipality

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Location of KwaDukuza Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°27′S 31°13′E / 29.450°S 31.217°E / -29.450; 31.217Coordinates: 29°27′S 31°13′E / 29.450°S 31.217°E / -29.450; 31.217
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District iLembe
Seat KwaDukuza
Wards 27
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Ricardo Mthembu
Area
 • Total 735 km2 (284 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 231,187
 • Density 310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 78.8%
 • Coloured 1.0%
 • Indian/Asian 14.1%
 • White 5.6%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 66.1%
 • English 20.8%
 • Xhosa 7.0%
 • Afrikaans 1.5%
 • Other 4.6%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN292

KwaDukuza Local Municipality is one of four municipalities under iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Ballito 544015.664,115
Blythedale Beach 544020.63466
Darnall 5440318.197,413
Mathonsi 5440511.494,813
Qwabe (Madundube) 5440619.54833
Salt Rock 544073.032,326
Shaka's Rock 544080.69593
Shakaskraal 544092.064,574
Stanger 5441077.7198,280
Tinley Manor Beach 544110.67473
Zinkwazi Beach 544121.36469
Remainder of the municipality 54404490.6234,210

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-nine wards, while the remaining twenty-eight are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. However this proportion of members has not assisted with the poor condition and running of the neglected municipalitIn the election of 03 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 42,800 45,281 88,081 68.9 22 15 37
Democratic Alliance 8,489 9,467 17,956 14.1 4 4 8
Inkatha Freedom Party 4,829 4,681 9,510 7.4 1 3 4
National Freedom Party 2,328 2,331 4,659 3.6 0 2 2
Independent 2,966 – 2,966 2.3 0 – 0
African Christian Democratic Party 1,296 1,193 2,489 2.0 0 1 1
Minority Front 645 667 1,312 1.0 0 1 1
Congress of the People 398 388 786 0.6 0 0 0
Federal Congress 7 77 84 0.1 0 0 0
Total 63,758 64,085 127,843 100.0 27 26 53
Spoilt votes 1,392 1,173 2,565

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: KwaDukuza" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: KwaDukuza" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.


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