Indaka Local Municipality

Indaka Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Indaka River that runs through the municipal area.[4]

Indaka
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuThukela
SeatWasbank
Wards10
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNkosinathi Berrington Mchunu
Area
 • Total992 km2 (383 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total103,116
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.6%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu95.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Other2.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN233

Indaka is a predominantly rural municipality, and has no national roads running through it.[5] Indaka's economy is currently relying on subsistence agriculture, government services and private household employment.[5]

After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Alfred Duma Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Ekuvukeni515012.6212,384
Ingwe5150375.195,203
Kliprivier515041.04998
Mabaso5150583.507,034
Mbhense5150615.328,895
Mchunu51507107.2819,417
Mthembu51508338.7923,000
Nxumalo5150945.619,205
Sgweje5151019.008,015
Sithole51511199.9118,742
Remainder of the municipality51502103.75747

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority; the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won eight seats while the African National Congress (ANC) and National Freedom Party (NFP) won six seats each. The ANC and NFP formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
IFP 9,7109,78019,49037.5538
ANC 7,6228,01515,63730.1246
National Freedom Party 7,4437,44414,88728.6336
Democratic Alliance 5115271,0382.0000
Independent 327–3270.60–0
ACDP 1981253230.6000
Congress of the People 1461352810.5000
Total 25,95726,02651,983100.0101020
Spoilt votes 455434889

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. South African Languages - Place names
  5. "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Indaka Municipality". Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Indaka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Indaka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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