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Indaka Local Municipality

Indaka
Local municipality
Official seal of Indaka
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uThukela
Seat Wasbank
Wards 10
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Nkosinathi Berrington Mchunu
Area
 • Total 992 km2 (383 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 103,116
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 99.6%
 • Coloured 0.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.2%
 • White 0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu 95.9%
 • Southern Ndebele 1.2%
 • Other 2.9%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN233

Indaka Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Indaka River that runs through the municipal area.

Indaka is a predominantly rural municipality, and has no national roads running through it. Indaka's economy is currently relying on subsistence agriculture, government services and private household employment.

After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Alfred Duma Local Municipality.

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

The municipal council consists of twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority; the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won eight seats while the African National Congress (ANC) and National Freedom Party (NFP) won six seats each. The ANC and NFP formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.

Coordinates: 28°18′S 30°06′E / 28.300°S 30.100°E / -28.300; 30.100


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