KwaDukuza Local Municipality


KwaDukuza Local Municipality is one of four municipalities under iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Ballito5.664,115
Blythedale Beach0.63466
Darnall18.197,413
Mathonsi11.494,813
Qwabe 19.54833
Salt Rock3.032,326
Shaka's Rock0.69593
Shakaskraal2.064,574
Stanger77.7198,280
Tinley Manor Beach0.67473
Zinkwazi Beach1.36469
Remainder of the municipality490.6234,210

Politics

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 won a majority of thirty-six seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.