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 | Population |
| Ballito | 5.66 | 4,115 | |
| Blythedale Beach | 0.63 | 466 | |
| Darnall | 18.19 | 7,413 | |
| Mathonsi | 11.49 | 4,813 | |
| Qwabe (Madundube) | 19.54 | 833 | |
| Salt Rock | 3.03 | 2,326 | |
| Shaka's Rock | 0.69 | 593 | |
| Shakaskraal | 2.06 | 4,574 | |
| Stanger | 77.71 | 98,280 | |
| Tinley Manor Beach | 0.67 | 473 | |
| Zinkwazi Beach | 1.36 | 469 | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 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 lost its majority, obtaining a plurality of twenty-nine seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.