| Indaka | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in KwaZulu-Natal |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | uThukela |
| Seat: | Wasbank |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 10 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nkosinathi Berrington Mchunu |
| Area Total Km2: | 992 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 103116 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 99.6% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 95.9% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 1.2% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | % |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.9% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | KZN233 |
Indaka Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Indaka River that runs through the municipal area.[4]
Indaka is a predominantly rural municipality, and has no national roads running through it. Indaka's economy is currently relying on subsistence agriculture, government services and private household employment.[5]
After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Alfred Duma Local Municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51501 | 2.62 | 12,384 | ||
| 51503 | 75.19 | 5,203 | ||
| 51504 | 1.04 | 998 | ||
| Mabaso | 51505 | 83.50 | 7,034 | |
| 51506 | 15.32 | 8,895 | ||
| Mchunu | 51507 | 107.28 | 19,417 | |
| 51508 | 338.79 | 23,000 | ||
| Nxumalo | 51509 | 45.61 | 9,205 | |
| 51510 | 19.00 | 8,015 | ||
| 51511 | 199.91 | 18,742 | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 51502 | 103.75 | 747 |
The municipal council consists of twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority; the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won eight seats while the African National Congress (ANC) and National Freedom Party (NFP) won six seats each. The ANC and NFP formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.[7] [8]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 9,710 | 9,780 | 19,490 | 37.5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7,622 | 8,015 | 15,637 | 30.1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7,443 | 7,444 | 14,887 | 28.6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 511 | 527 | 1,038 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 327 | – | 327 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 198 | 125 | 323 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 146 | 135 | 281 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25,957 | 26,026 | 51,983 | 100.0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Spoilt votes | 455 | 434 | 889 | |||||