Nkandla Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement | name = Nkandla | official_name = | other_name = | native_name = | settlement_type = [[Local municipality (South Africa)|Local municipality]]  | image_seal = Nkandla_CoA.png | seal_size = 150x100px  | image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Nkandla highlighted.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = Location in KwaZulu-Natal | map_caption = Location in [[KwaZulu-Natal]] |coordinates = {{coord|28|40|S|31|0|E|region:ZA_type:adm3rd_dim:100000|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[KwaZulu-Natal]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of South Africa|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality|King Cetshwayo]]  | seat = [[Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal|Nkandla]] | parts_type = [[Ward (South Africa)|Wards]] |parts = 14  | government_footnotes = <ref name="muni_mayor">{{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }}</ref> | government_type = [[Municipal council]] | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Thami Ntuli | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1828  | population_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> | population_total = 114416 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population"/> | demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|[[Bantu-speaking peoples of South Africa|Black African]]}} | demographics1_info1 = 99.6% | demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|[[Coloureds|Coloured]]}} | demographics1_info2 = 0.1% | demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|[[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]}} | demographics1_info3 = 0.1% | demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|[[White South African|White]]}} | demographics1_info4 = 0.1%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> | demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|[[Zulu language|Zulu]]}} | demographics2_info1 = 95.7% | demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|[[Southern Ndebele language|Southern Ndebele]]}} | demographics2_info2 = 1.3% | demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|[[English language|English]]}} | demographics2_info3 = 1.3% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = % | demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}} | demographics2_info5 = 1.7%  | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2  | blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code | blank_info_sec1 = KZN286

| footnotes = }} [[File:RoadtoMnyakanyaHighSchool2007CreativeCommonsAttributionShareAlike3.0UnportedLicense.jpg|thumbnail|right|Road in Nkandla Local Municipality]] '''Nkandla Local Municipality''' is an administrative area in the [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality|King Cetshwayo District]] of [[KwaZulu-Natal]] province in [[South Africa]]. The town of [[Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal|Nkandla]] (seat of the municipality) is the home town of the former [[President of South Africa]], [[Jacob Zuma]].

Nkandla (Enqabeni Enkulu KwaZulu) is a [[Zulu language|Zulu]] name for a hiding place of the [[Zulus]] a long time ago during the times of war, e.g. the [[Bambatha Rebellion]] and the [[Ndwandwe war]] from [[Entumeni]]. The warriors used the Nkandla forest as their last resort for protection from their enemies. It was very difficult to fight the warriors who were hiding in the thick and dark forest (iNkandla eMahlathi Amnyama). Most of the Zulu heroes' graves are found at Nkandla, for example, [[Bambatha]]'s grave is at [[Nsuze]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm|title=South African Languages - Place names|work=salanguages.com}}</ref>

==Main places==

=== Census 2011 ===

According to the first georeferenced [[South African National Census of 2011|2011 census]] there are 142 places.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/542|title=Statistics and Map as KML-file of Nkandla with all neighborhoods|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

=== Census 2001 ===

The [[South African National Census of 2001|2001 census]] divided the municipality into the following [[Populated place|main places]]:<ref>[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Place !! Code !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!! Population |- | [[Chube]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54201 54201]||31.60||3,056 |- | [[Chwezi, KwaZulu-Natal|Chwezi]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54202 54202]||55.24||6,097 |- | [[Cube, KwaZulu-Natal|Cube]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54203 54203]||70.12||4,417 |- | [[Cunu]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54204 54204]||113.78||7,067 |- | [[Ekukhanyeni]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54205 54205]||53.94||6,842 |- | [[Emagidini]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54206 54206]||98.98||6,850 |- | [[Godide, KwaZulu-Natal|Godide]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54207 54207]||128.17||12,676 |- | [[Halambu]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54208 54208]||6.90||345 |- | [[Isilokomane]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54209 54209]||6.11||487 |- | [[Izigqoza]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54210 54210]||38.43||3,404 |- | [[Izindlozi]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54211 54211]||7.74||826 |- | [[Kahile]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54212 54212]||6.06||273 |- | [[Khabela]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54213 54213]||93.65||7,167 |- | [[Kwamkwaza]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54214 54214]||11.57||1,113 |- | [[Magwaza]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54215 54215]||12.49||1,275 |- | [[Mahlayizeni]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54216 54216]||58.39||5,310 |- | [[Magidini]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54217 54217]||101.54||5,224 |- | [[Mbhele/Amphuti]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54218 54218]||46.26||3,676 |- | [[Mdimela]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54219 54219]||14.05||606 |- | [[Mhlathuze]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54220 54220]||5.94||391 |- | [[Mpungose]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54221 54221]||109.66||7,608 |- | [[Murasie]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54222 54222]||10.10||874 |- | [[Mthandanhle]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54223 54223]||12.54||1,044 |- | [[Ndindini]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54224 54224]||10.56||148 |- | [[Ngono]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54225 54225]||203.07||8,096 |- | [[Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal|Nkandla]] Part 1 || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54226 54226]||210.92||17,424 |- | [[Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal|Nkandla]] Part 2 || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54237 54237]||3.97||2,783 |- | [[Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal|Nkandla]] Part 3 || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54238 54238]||44.61||12 |- | [[Nkonisa]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54227 54227]||10.77||893 |- | [[Nkweme]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54228 54228]||8.20||569 |- | [[Ntuli]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54229 54229]||56.28||804 |- | [[Nxamalala]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54230 54230]||58.22||4,841 |- | [[Uxutu]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54231 54231]||11.45||926 |- | [[Vumanhlamvu]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54232 54232]||9.30||643 |- | [[Xulu]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54233 54233]||37.58||3,598 |- | [[Zindunduzeli]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54234 54234]||10.66||538 |- | [[Zinkuzini]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54235 54235]||14.18||489 |- | [[Zondi]] || [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/54236 54236]||44.38||5,171 |}

== Politics == {{main|Nkandla Local Municipality elections}} The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by [[mixed-member proportional representation]]. Fourteen councillors are elected by [[first-past-the-post voting]] in fourteen [[ward (South Africa)|wards]], while the remaining thirteen are chosen from [[party list]]s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the [[South African municipal election, 2016|election of 3 August 2016]] the [[Inkatha Freedom Party]] (IFP) won a majority of fifteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/KN/KZN286.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkandla |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/KN/KZN286.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Nkandla |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align:right" !rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party !!colspan="4" align="center"| Votes !!colspan="3" align="center"| Seats |- ! Ward !! List !! Total !! % !! Ward !! List !! Total |- | {{Party name with colour |Inkatha Freedom Party}} | 20,150 || 20,368 || 40,518 || 54.0 || 11 || 4 || 15 |- | {{Party name with colour |African National Congress}} | 16,521 || 16,676 || 33,197 || 44.3 || 3 || 9 || 12 |- | {{Party name with colour |Economic Freedom Fighters}} | 337 || 255 || 592 || 0.8 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | {{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}} | 301 || 252 || 553 || 0.7 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | {{Party name with colour |Independent (politics)}} | 169 || – || 169 || 0.2 || 0 || – || 0 |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| '''Total''' | '''37,478''' || '''37,551''' || '''75,029''' || '''100.0''' || '''14''' || '''13''' || '''27''' |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes | 533 || 506 || 1,039 |}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Nkandla}} * {{Official website|http://www.nkandla.org.za/ }}

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