KwaDukuza Local Municipality

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

KwaDukuza
Local municipality
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Location of KwaDukuza Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°27′S 31°13′E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	iLembe
Seat	KwaDukuza
Wards	29
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Dolly Governder (Acting)
Area
• Total	735 km^2 (284 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	231,187
• Density	310/km^2 (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	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN292

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Ballito	54401	5.66	4,115
Blythedale Beach	54402	0.63	466
Darnall	54403	18.19	7,413
Mathonsi	54405	11.49	4,813
Qwabe (Madundube)	54406	19.54	833
Salt Rock	54407	3.03	2,326
Shaka's Rock	54408	0.69	593
Shakaskraal	54409	2.06	4,574
Stanger	54410	77.71	98,280
Tinley Manor Beach	54411	0.67	473
Zinkwazi Beach	54412	1.36	469
Remainder of the municipality	54404	490.62	34,210

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. In 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
	ANC	52,383	53,912	106,295	63.7	22	14	36
	Democratic Alliance	15,690	16,708	32,398	19.4	4	7	11
	IFP	5,156	5,350	10,506	6.3	1	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,852	3,293	6,145	3.7	0	2	2
	Independent	5,218	–	5,218	3.1	2	–	2
	African Independent Congress	424	2,278	2,702	1.6	0	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	556	585	1,141	0.7	0	1	1
	ACDP	564	562	1,126	0.7	0	0	0
	Peoples Revolutionary Movement	302	383	685	0.4	0	0	0
	Minority Front	185	219	404	0.2	0	0	0
	Democratic Liberal Congress	96	92	188	0.1	0	0	0
	UDM	34	134	168	0.1	0	0	0
Total		83,460	83,516	166,976	100.0	29	28	57
Spoilt votes		1,736	2,376	4,112

See also

• List of South African municipalities

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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 11 January 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: KwaDukuza" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

External links

• Official website