Ndwedwe Local Municipality
Ndwedwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | iLembe |
| Seat | Ndwedwe |
| Wards | 19 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Welile Kubheka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,093 km2 (422 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 140,820 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.4% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
| • White | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 92.0% |
| • English | 2.0% |
| • Xhosa | 1.9% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.5% |
| • Other | 2.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN293 |
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]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amalanga | 54501 | 58.57 | 6,076 |
| Chili | 54502 | 12.13 | 2,124 |
| Cibane | 54503 | 4.49 | 492 |
| Gcwensa | 54504 | 54.99 | 10,982 |
| Hlophe | 54505 | 7.94 | 1,462 |
| Inkumba/KwaNyuswa | 54506 | 158.70 | 25,234 |
| Iqadi | 54507 | 48.85 | 7,973 |
| Khumalo | 54508 | 12.40 | 1,660 |
| Luthuli | 54509 | 24.97 | 4,415 |
| Mangangeni/Vumazonke | 54510 | 13.73 | 2,068 |
| Mathonsi | 54511 | 40.53 | 547 |
| Mlamuli Nyuswa | 54512 | 127.66 | 21,740 |
| Ndwedwe | 54513 | 193.48 | 9,964 |
| Ngcolosi | 54514 | 17.15 | 2,459 |
| Ngongoma/Mavela | 54515 | 43.68 | 11,643 |
| Nhlangwini | 54516 | 60.39 | 7,785 |
| Nodunga | 54517 | 45.27 | 3,015 |
| Nyuswa/Nodwengu | 54518 | 74.47 | 11,577 |
| Qadi | 54519 | 18.75 | 3,161 |
| Qwabe (Madundube) | 54520 | 23.06 | 2,677 |
| Qwabe N | 54521 | 8.90 | 3,545 |
| Shangase | 54522 | 54.62 | 7,795 |
| Wosiyane | 54523 | 51.62 | 4,114 |
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]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 20,579 | 53.93 | 16 | 19,803 | 50.56 | 3 | 19 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 9,757 | 25.57 | 3 | 12,272 | 31.33 | 8 | 11 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,982 | 10.44 | 0 | 3,695 | 9.43 | 4 | 4 | |
| African Freedom Revolution | 611 | 1.60 | 0 | 556 | 1.42 | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 563 | 1.48 | 0 | 469 | 1.20 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 270 | 0.71 | 0 | 697 | 1.78 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 389 | 1.02 | 0 | 364 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Alliance | 341 | 0.89 | 0 | 403 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 314 | 0.82 | 0 | 280 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 572 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| African Transformation Movement | 255 | 0.67 | 0 | 207 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Independent Movement | 272 | 0.71 | 0 | 185 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People First | 127 | 0.33 | 0 | 128 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 127 | 0.33 | 0 | 111 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 38,159 | 100.00 | 19 | 39,170 | 100.00 | 18 | 37 | |
| Valid votes | 38,159 | 95.46 | 39,170 | 97.35 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,813 | 4.54 | 1,066 | 2.65 | ||||
| Total votes | 39,972 | 100.00 | 40,236 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 73,368 | 54.48 | 73,368 | 54.84 | ||||
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.
- "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Ndwedwe Municipality". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- Provincial Profile 2004, KwaZulu-Natal, Statistics South Africa
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ndwedwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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