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]
Endumeni | |
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 Seal | |
.svg) Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uMzinyathi |
| Seat | Dundee |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Sduduzo Mdluli (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,610 km2 (620 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 64,862 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 83.9% |
| • Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 5.9% |
| • White | 7.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 79.1% |
| • English | 12.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.3% |
| • Other | 3.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN241 |
Main places
editThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 51901 | 46.60 | 12,268 |
| eSbongile | 51903 | 0.06 | 370 |
| eSibongile | 51904 | 1.33 | 8,074 |
| Glencoe | 51905 | 25.23 | 6,116 |
| Sbongile | 51906 | 1.20 | 7,328 |
| Sithembile | 51907 | 1.42 | 7,953 |
| Wasbank | 51908 | 6.29 | 1,123 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 51902 | 1,530.06 | 7,859 |
Politics
editThe 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]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 5,322 | 36.08 | 3 | 5,350 | 36.29 | 2 | 5 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 5,084 | 34.46 | 2 | 5,314 | 36.05 | 3 | 5 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,159 | 14.64 | 1 | 2,155 | 14.62 | 1 | 2 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 1,137 | 7.71 | 1 | 1,076 | 7.30 | 0 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 524 | 3.55 | 0 | 511 | 3.47 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 129 | 0.87 | 0 | 134 | 0.91 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 186 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patriotic Alliance | 75 | 0.51 | 0 | 75 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 64 | 0.43 | 0 | 66 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Movement | 51 | 0.35 | 0 | 45 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Convention | 21 | 0.14 | 0 | 16 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 14,752 | 100.00 | 7 | 14,742 | 100.00 | 6 | 13 | |
| Valid votes | 14,752 | 98.72 | 14,742 | 98.67 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 191 | 1.28 | 198 | 1.33 | ||||
| Total votes | 14,943 | 100.00 | 14,940 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 29,725 | 50.27 | 29,725 | 50.26 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.