Impendle Local Municipality

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Impendle
Impendle
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Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMgungundlovu
Seat Impendle
Wards 5
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorBuyisani Mlaba
Area
  Total
1,528 km2 (590 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
33,105
  Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 98.9%
   Coloured 0.3%
   Indian/Asian 0.1%
   White 0.5%
First languages (2011)
[2]
   Zulu 93.3%
   English 1.8%
   Sotho 1.6%
   Southern Ndebele 1.2%
  Other2.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN224

Impendle Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Impendle) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. During the 18th century, the Griquas ("Abatwas") used to hide in the mountain in the area because they were accused of stealing livestock from the farmers who decided to fight the Griquas in order to protect their livestock. The Griquas used war spears, and this conflict was called "an outside war", i.e. impiyasendle or impiendle. [3]

Contents

The municipality is extremely diverse in its topography, climate and soils, and has a rich and complex natural environment. High-density settlements occur around Impendle, in villages such as Gomane, KwaNovuka, Similobha and Kamensi. [4]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Batlokoa 51001 13.14675
Impendle Part 1 51005 20.391,562
Impendle Part 2 51006 1.25238
Nxamalala 51003 234.1728,661
Polela 51004 2.53189
Remainder of the municipality 51002 674.082,255

Politics

The municipal council consists of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five 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) won a majority of six seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 5,47857.7555,55158.8516
Inkatha Freedom Party 1,52216.0401,65817.5822
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,51715.9901,64817.4722
Democratic Alliance 2282.4002402.5400
Independent candidates 4514.7500
African Transformation Movement 900.9501031.0900
National Freedom Party 740.780840.8900
Abantu Batho Congress 620.650580.6100
African Mantungwa Community 240.250430.4600
African Christian Democratic Party 230.240270.2900
People's Freedom Party 170.180200.2100
Total9,486100.0059,432100.00510
Valid votes9,48697.809,43297.30
Invalid/blank votes2132.202622.70
Total votes9,699100.009,694100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,29956.0717,29956.04

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 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. South African Languages - Place names
  4. KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Impendle Municipality
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Impendle". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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