Ndwedwe Local Municipality

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Ndwedwe
Local municipality
Official seal of Ndwedwe
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictiLembe
SeatNdwedwe
Wards19
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorWelile Kubheka
Area
 • Total1,093 km2 (422 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total140,820
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African98.4%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White0.3%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu92.0%
 • English2.0%
 • Xhosa1.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.5%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN293

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

Primary kaolin deposits occur in Ndwedwe. Good quality material is found near , and .[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
54501 58.57 6,076
54502 12.13 2,124
54503 4.49 492
54504 54.99 10,982
54505 7.94 1,462
54506 158.70 25,234
54507 48.85 7,973
54508 12.40 1,660
Luthuli 54509 24.97 4,415
54510 13.73 2,068
54511 40.53 547
54512 127.66 21,740
Ndwedwe 54513 193.48 9,964
54514 17.15 2,459
54515 43.68 11,643
54516 60.39 7,785
54517 45.27 3,015
54518 74.47 11,577
54519 18.75 3,161
54520 23.06 2,677
54521 8.90 3,545
54522 54.62 7,795
54523 51.62 4,114

Politics[]

Main article: Ndwedwe Local Municipality elections

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
6111.6005561.4211
Democratic Alliance5631.4804691.2011
African Independent Congress2700.7106971.7811
African Christian Democratic Party3891.0203640.9300
3410.8904031.0300
National Freedom Party3140.8202800.7100
Independent candidates5721.5000
African Transformation Movement2550.6702070.5300
United Independent Movement2720.7101850.4700
1270.3301280.3300
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. ^ a b "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.

External links[]

Coordinates: 29°30′S 30°56′E / 29.500°S 30.933°E / -29.500; 30.933

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