Nkandla Local Municipality


Nkandla Local Municipality is an administrative area in the King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The town of Nkandla is the home town of the former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.
Nkandla is a 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. Most of the Zulu heroes' graves are found at Nkandla, for example, Bambatha's grave is at Nsuze.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Chube31.603,056
Chwezi55.246,097
Cube70.124,417
Cunu113.787,067
Ekhukhanyeni53.946,842
Emangidini98.986,850
Godide128.1712,676
Halambu6.90345
Isilokomane6.11487
Izigqoza38.433,404
Izindlozi7.74826
Kahile6.06273
Khabela93.657,167
Kwamkwaza11.571,113
Magwaza12.491,275
Mahlayizeni58.395,310
Mangidini101.545,224
Mbhele/Amphuti46.263,676
Mdimela14.05606
Mhlatuze5.94391
Mpungose109.667,608
Murasie10.10874
Ndikwe12.541,044
Ndindini10.56148
Ngono203.078,096
Nkandla Part 1210.9217,424
Nkandla Part 23.972,783
Nkandla Part 344.6112
Nkonisa10.77893
Nkweme8.20569
Ntuli56.28804
Nxamalala58.224,841
Uxutu11.45926
Vumanhlamvu9.30643
Xulu37.583,598
Zindunduzeli10.66538
Zinkuzini14.18489
Zondi44.385,171

Politics

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 wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 3 August 2016 the Inkatha Freedom Party won a majority of fifteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.