Ndwedwe Local Municipality

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

Ndwedwe
Local municipality
Seal
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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-seven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 33,21233,39366,60572.718927
Inkatha Freedom Party 9,5919,12118,71220.4178
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,6011,6373,2383.5011
Democratic Alliance 8017581,5591.7011
African People's Convention 3464497950.9000
Azanian People's Organisation 1831343170.4000
Ubumbano Lwesizwe Sabangoni 1591062650.3000
Peoples Revolutionary Movement 31131160.1000
Total 45,89645,71191,607100.0191837
Spoilt votes 9679471,914
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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. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ndwedwe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Ndwedwe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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