Ndwedwe Local Municipality

Ndwedwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Ndwedwe
Official seal of Ndwedwe
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictiLembe
SeatNdwedwe
Wards19
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorWelile Kubheka
Area
  Total1,093 km2 (422 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total140,820
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African98.4%
  Coloured0.2%
  Indian/Asian0.7%
  White0.3%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu92.0%
  English2.0%
  Xhosa1.9%
  Southern Ndebele1.5%
  Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN293

Primary kaolin deposits occur in Ndwedwe. Good quality material is found near Coqweni, Nozandla and Appelsbosch.[4]

Towns in the municipality include Ndwedwe, Glendale Heights.[5]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amalanga5450158.576,076
Chili5450212.132,124
Cibane545034.49492
Gcwensa5450454.9910,982
Hlophe545057.941,462
Inkumba/KwaNyuswa54506158.7025,234
Iqadi5450748.857,973
Khumalo5450812.401,660
Luthuli5450924.974,415
Mangangeni/Vumazonke5451013.732,068
Mathonsi5451140.53547
Mlamuli Nyuswa54512127.6621,740
Ndwedwe54513193.489,964
Ngcolosi5451417.152,459
Ngongoma/Mavela5451543.6811,643
Nhlangwini5451660.397,785
Nodunga5451745.273,015
Nyuswa/Nodwengu5451874.4711,577
Qadi5451918.753,161
Qwabe (Madundube)5452023.062,677
Qwabe N545218.903,545
Shangase5452254.627,795
Wosiyane5452351.624,114

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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) won a reduced majority of nineteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress20,57953.931619,80350.56319
Inkatha Freedom Party9,75725.57312,27231.33811
Economic Freedom Fighters3,98210.4403,6959.4344
African Freedom Revolution6111.6005561.4211
Democratic Alliance5631.4804691.2011
African Independent Congress2700.7106971.7811
African Christian Democratic Party3891.0203640.9300
Independent Alliance3410.8904031.0300
National Freedom Party3140.8202800.7100
Independent candidates5721.5000
African Transformation Movement2550.6702070.5300
United Independent Movement2720.7101850.4700
African People First1270.3301280.3300
Abantu Batho Congress1270.3301110.2800
Total38,159100.001939,170100.001837
Valid votes38,15995.4639,17097.35
Invalid/blank votes1,8134.541,0662.65
Total votes39,972100.0040,236100.00
Registered voters/turnout73,36854.4873,36854.84

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. "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Ndwedwe Municipality". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  5. Provincial Profile 2004, KwaZulu-Natal, Statistics South Africa
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ndwedwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-10.

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