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
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	iLembe
Seat	KwaDukuza (Stanger)
Wards	30
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cllr Muzi 'Ali' Ngidi (ANC)[1]
Area
• Total	735 km^2 (284 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	324,912
• Density	440/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [2]
• Black African	71.4%
• Coloured	1.1%
• Indian/Asian	18.6%
• White	8.6%
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

KwaDukuza Local Municipality is one of four municipalities under iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. As of 2022 it has a population of 324,912.

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

Main article: KwaDukuza Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of fifty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining twenty-nine 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twenty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	35,754	49.57	27	35,752	49.55	2	29
	Democratic Alliance	11,054	15.32	3	11,288	15.64	6	9
	ActionSA	5,516	7.65	0	5,812	8.05	5	5
	Independent Alliance	5,797	8.04	0	5,084	7.05	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,832	6.70	0	4,938	6.84	4	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	4,358	6.04	0	4,836	6.70	4	4
	African Independent Congress	1,216	1.69	0	1,343	1.86	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	640	0.89	0	579	0.80	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	476	0.66	0	534	0.74	1	1
	Abantu Batho Congress	400	0.55	0	405	0.56	0	0
	Independent candidates	792	1.10	0				0
	Al Jama-ah	322	0.45	0	385	0.53	0	0
	Justice and Employment Party	299	0.41	0	394	0.55	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	221	0.31	0	215	0.30	0	0
	African People's Movement	207	0.29	0	215	0.30	0	0
	National Freedom Party	122	0.17	0	175	0.24	0	0
	African Freedom Revolution	74	0.10	0	115	0.16	0	0
	African People First	55	0.08	0	84	0.12	0	0
Total		72,135	100.00	30	72,154	100.00	29	59
Valid votes		72,135	97.82		72,154	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		1,606	2.18		1,698	2.30
Total votes		73,741	100.00		73,852	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		136,781	53.91		136,781	53.99

See also

• List of South African municipalities

References

1. Laldas, Jyothi. "Lindi Nhaca elected mayor of KZN's KwaDukuza". Witness. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
2. "KwaDukuza (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa^[permanent dead link‍]
5. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — KwaDukuza". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

External links

• Official website