KwaDukuza Local Municipality

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KwaDukuza
Local municipality
KwaDukuza CoA.png
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Map of KwaZulu-Natal with KwaDukuza highlighted.svg
Location of KwaDukuza Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°27′S31°13′E / 29.450°S 31.217°E / -29.450; 31.217
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District iLembe
Seat KwaDukuza (Stanger)
Wards 30
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorCllr Muzi 'Ali' Ngidi (ANC) [1]
Area
 • Total
735 km2 (284 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
 • Total
324,912
 • Density440/km2 (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%
 • Other4.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN292

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.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Ballito 54401 5.664,115
Blythedale Beach 54402 0.63466
Darnall 54403 18.197,413
Mathonsi 54405 11.494,813
Qwabe (Madundube) 54406 19.54833
Salt Rock 54407 3.032,326
Shaka's Rock 54408 0.69593
Shakaskraal 54409 2.064,574
Stanger 54410 77.7198,280
Tinley Manor Beach 54411 0.67473
Zinkwazi Beach 54412 1.36469
Remainder of the municipality 54404 490.6234,210

Politics

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]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 35,75449.572735,75249.55229
Democratic Alliance 11,05415.32311,28815.6469
ActionSA 5,5167.6505,8128.0555
Independent Alliance 5,7978.0405,0847.0555
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,8326.7004,9386.8444
Inkatha Freedom Party 4,3586.0404,8366.7044
African Independent Congress 1,2161.6901,3431.8611
African Transformation Movement 6400.8905790.8011
African Christian Democratic Party 4760.6605340.7411
Abantu Batho Congress 4000.5504050.5600
Independent candidates 7921.1000
Al Jama-ah 3220.4503850.5300
Justice and Employment Party 2990.4103940.5500
Freedom Front Plus 2210.3102150.3000
African People's Movement 2070.2902150.3000
National Freedom Party 1220.1701750.2400
African Freedom Revolution 740.1001150.1600
African People First 550.080840.1200
Total72,135100.003072,154100.002959
Valid votes72,13597.8272,15497.70
Invalid/blank votes1,6062.181,6982.30
Total votes73,741100.0073,852100.00
Registered voters/turnout136,78153.91136,78153.99

Corruption

On February 2025 ,ActionSA laid a charge of corruption to SIU after Absa bank notices a large amount withdrawal from the municipal account worth more than R3 million rands. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Laldas, Jyothi. "Lindi Nhaca elected mayor of KZN's KwaDukuza". Witness. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. 1 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.
  6. ↑ https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/actionsa-demands-action-over-r3-million-cyber-theft-in-kwadukuza-3eb39da4-adc3-4eca-ad47-e083cf8ba2ca


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