KwaDukuza Local Municipality
KwaDukuza Local Municipality is one of four municipalities under iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
KwaDukuza | |
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.svg.png.webp) 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 | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Dolly Governder (Acting) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 735 km2 (284 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 231,187 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 78.8% |
| • Coloured | 1.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 14.1% |
| • White | 5.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 (km2) | 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
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: KwaDukuza" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: KwaDukuza" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
External links
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