KwaDukuza Local Municipality
| KwaDukuza | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location of KwaDukuza Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Coordinates: 29°27′S 31°13′E / 29.450°S 31.217°ECoordinates: 29°27′S 31°13′E / 29.450°S 31.217°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | iLembe | |
| Seat | KwaDukuza | |
| Wards | 27 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Ricardo Mthembu | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 735 km2 (284 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 231,187 | |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 78.8% | |
| • Coloured | 1.0% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 14.1% | |
| • White | 5.6% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Zulu | 66.1% | |
| • English | 20.8% | |
| • Xhosa | 7.0% | |
| • Afrikaans | 1.5% | |
| • Other | 4.6% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN292 | |
KwaDukuza Local Municipality is one of four municipalities under iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of fifty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-nine wards, while the remaining twenty-eight 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 03 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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