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

Primary kaolin deposits occur in Ndwedwe. Good quality material is found near Coqweni, Nozandla and Appelsbosch.

Towns in the municipality include Ndwedwe, Glendale Heights.

Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Amalanga 5450158.576,076 Chili 5450212.132,124 Cibane 545034.49492 Gcwensa 5450454.9910,982 Hlophe 545057.941,462 Inkumba/KwaNyuswa 54506158.7025,234 Iqadi 5450748.857,973 Khumalo 5450812.401,660 Luthuli 5450924.974,415 Mangangeni/Vumazonke 5451013.732,068 Mathonsi 5451140.53547 Mlamuli Nyuswa 54512127.6621,740 Ndwedwe 54513193.489,964 Ngcolosi 5451417.152,459 Ngongoma/Mavela 5451543.6811,643 Nhlangwini 5451660.397,785 Nodunga 5451745.273,015 Nyuswa/Nodwengu 5451874.4711,577 Qadi 5451918.753,161 Qwabe (Madundube) 5452023.062,677 Qwabe N 545218.903,545 Shangase 5452254.627,795 Wosiyane 5452351.624,114

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 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.

References

External links Official website