# KwaDukuza Local Municipality

KwaDukuza Local Municipality is one of four municipalities under iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. As of 2022 it has a population of 324,912.

## Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area (km$^2$) | Population |
| Ballito | 54401 | 5.66 | 4,115 |
| Blythedale Beach | 54402 | 0.63 | 466 |
| Darnall | 54403 | 18.19 | 7,413 |
| Mathonsi | 54405 | 11.49 | 4,813 |
| Qwabe (Madundube) | 54406 | 19.54 | 833 |
| Salt Rock | 54407 | 3.03 | 2,326 |
| Shaka's Rock | 54408 | 0.69 | 593 |
| Shakaskraal | 54409 | 2.06 | 4,574 |
| Stanger | 54410 | 77.71 | 98,280 |
| Tinley Manor Beach | 54411 | 0.67 | 473 |
| Zinkwazi Beach | 54412 | 1.36 | 469 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 54404 | 490.62 | 34,210 |

## Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining twenty-nine 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) lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twenty-nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 35,754 | 49.57 | 27 | 35,752 | 49.55 | 2 | 29 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 11,054 | 15.32 | 3 | 11,288 | 15.64 | 6 | 9 |
| | ActionSA | 5,516 | 7.65 | 0 | 5,812 | 8.05 | 5 | 5 |
| | Independent Alliance | 5,797 | 8.04 | 0 | 5,084 | 7.05 | 5 | 5 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,832 | 6.70 | 0 | 4,938 | 6.84 | 4 | 4 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 4,358 | 6.04 | 0 | 4,836 | 6.70 | 4 | 4 |
| | African Independent Congress | 1,216 | 1.69 | 0 | 1,343 | 1.86 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 640 | 0.89 | 0 | 579 | 0.80 | 1 | 1 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 476 | 0.66 | 0 | 534 | 0.74 | 1 | 1 |
| | Abantu Batho Congress | 400 | 0.55 | 0 | 405 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent candidates | 792 | 1.10 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Al Jama-ah | 322 | 0.45 | 0 | 385 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 |
| | Justice and Employment Party | 299 | 0.41 | 0 | 394 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 221 | 0.31 | 0 | 215 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People's Movement | 207 | 0.29 | 0 | 215 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Freedom Party | 122 | 0.17 | 0 | 175 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Freedom Revolution | 74 | 0.10 | 0 | 115 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| | African People First | 55 | 0.08 | 0 | 84 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 72,135 | 100.00 | 30 | 72,154 | 100.00 | 29 | 59 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 72,135 | 97.82 | | 72,154 | 97.70 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,606 | 2.18 | | 1,698 | 2.30 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 73,741 | 100.00 | | 73,852 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 136,781 | 53.91 | | 136,781 | 53.99 | | |

## Corruption

On February 2025 ,ActionSA laid a charge of corruption to SIU after Absa bank notices a large amount withdrawal from the municipal account worth more than R3 million rands.