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
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	iLembe
Seat	Ndwedwe
Wards	19
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Welile Kubheka
Area
• Total	1,093 km2 (422 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	140,820
• Density	128.8/km2 (333.7/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	98.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	0.3%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	92.0%
• English	2.0%
• Xhosa	1.9%
• Southern Ndebele	1.5%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	KZN293

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]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Amalanga	54501	58.57	6,076
Chili	54502	12.13	2,124
Cibane	54503	4.49	492
Gcwensa	54504	54.99	10,982
Hlophe	54505	7.94	1,462
Inkumba/KwaNyuswa	54506	158.70	25,234
Iqadi	54507	48.85	7,973
Khumalo	54508	12.40	1,660
Luthuli	54509	24.97	4,415
Mangangeni/Vumazonke	54510	13.73	2,068
Mathonsi	54511	40.53	547
Mlamuli Nyuswa	54512	127.66	21,740
Ndwedwe	54513	193.48	9,964
Ngcolosi	54514	17.15	2,459
Ngongoma/Mavela	54515	43.68	11,643
Nhlangwini	54516	60.39	7,785
Nodunga	54517	45.27	3,015
Nyuswa/Nodwengu	54518	74.47	11,577
Qadi	54519	18.75	3,161
Qwabe (Madundube)	54520	23.06	2,677
Qwabe N	54521	8.90	3,545
Shangase	54522	54.62	7,795
Wosiyane	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]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	20,579	53.93	16	19,803	50.56	3	19
	Inkatha Freedom Party	9,757	25.57	3	12,272	31.33	8	11
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,982	10.44	0	3,695	9.43	4	4
	African Freedom Revolution	611	1.60	0	556	1.42	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	563	1.48	0	469	1.20	1	1
	African Independent Congress	270	0.71	0	697	1.78	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	389	1.02	0	364	0.93	0	0
	Independent Alliance	341	0.89	0	403	1.03	0	0
	National Freedom Party	314	0.82	0	280	0.71	0	0
	Independent candidates	572	1.50	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	255	0.67	0	207	0.53	0	0
	United Independent Movement	272	0.71	0	185	0.47	0	0
	African People First	127	0.33	0	128	0.33	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	127	0.33	0	111	0.28	0	0
Total		38,159	100.00	19	39,170	100.00	18	37
Valid votes		38,159	95.46		39,170	97.35
Invalid/blank votes		1,813	4.54		1,066	2.65
Total votes		39,972	100.00		40,236	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		73,368	54.48		73,368	54.84