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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.svg.png) Location of KwaDukuza Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | ||
| Coordinates: 29°27′S 31°13′E / 29.450°S 31.217°ECoordinates: 29°27′S 31°13′E / 29.450°S 31.217°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | iLembe | |
| Seat | KwaDukuza | |
| Wards | 27 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | S.S. Gumede | |
| 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 a municipality in the 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 | 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-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-seven 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
- List of South African municipalities
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, age in 5 year groups and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, language and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: KwaDukuza". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: KwaDukuza". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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