Endumeni Local Municipality

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Endumeni
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Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Endumeni highlighted.svg
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMzinyathi
Seat Dundee
Wards 7
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorSduduzo Mdluli (ANC)
Area
  Total
1,610 km2 (620 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
64,862
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 83.9%
   Coloured 2.6%
   Indian/Asian 5.9%
   White 7.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
   Zulu 79.1%
   English 12.2%
   Afrikaans 5.3%
  Other3.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN241

Endumeni Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Endumeni) is a local municipality within the Umzinyathi District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Endumeni is an isiZulu word meaning "a place of thunderstorm". The municipality shares its name with the Endumeni hill. [4]

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dundee 51901 46.6012,268
eSbongile 51903 0.06370
eSibongile 51904 1.338,074
Glencoe 51905 25.236,116
Sbongile 51906 1.207,328
Sithembile 51907 1.427,953
Wasbank 51908 6.291,123
Remainder of the municipality 51902 1,530.067,859

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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, with both it and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) winning five seats.

The following table shows the results of the election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 5,32236.0835,35036.2925
Inkatha Freedom Party 5,08434.4625,31436.0535
Democratic Alliance 2,15914.6412,15514.6212
Abantu Batho Congress 1,1377.7111,0767.3001
Economic Freedom Fighters 5243.5505113.4700
National Freedom Party 1290.8701340.9100
Independent candidates 1861.2600
Patriotic Alliance 750.510750.5100
African Transformation Movement 640.430660.4500
African People's Movement 510.350450.3100
National Democratic Convention 210.140160.1100
Total14,752100.00714,742100.00613
Valid votes14,75298.7214,74298.67
Invalid/blank votes1911.281981.33
Total votes14,943100.0014,940100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,72550.2729,72550.26

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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