Endumeni Local Municipality

Endumeni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Endumeni is an isiZulu name meaning "a place of thunderstorm". The municipality shares its name with the Endumeni hill.[4]

Endumeni
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMzinyathi
SeatDundee
Wards7
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorSduduzo Mdluli (ANC)
Area
  Total1,610 km2 (620 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total64,862
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African83.9%
  Coloured2.6%
  Indian/Asian5.9%
  White7.2%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu79.1%
  English12.2%
  Afrikaans5.3%
  Other3.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN241

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dundee5190146.6012,268
eSbongile519030.06370
eSibongile519041.338,074
Glencoe5190525.236,116
Sbongile519061.207,328
Sithembile519071.427,953
Wasbank519086.291,123
Remainder of the municipality519021,530.067,859

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 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) formed a government with the support of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 8,1128,45216,56449.5516
IFP 5,2274,98110,20830.5134
Democratic Alliance 2,5222,6925,21415.6112
Economic Freedom Fighters 6845951,2793.8011
Independent 1791790.500
Total 16,72416,72033,444100.07613
Spoilt votes 276306582

In a by-election held in March 2019 the ANC won a ward previously held by the IFP, giving the party an outright majority. This majority was expanded further when ANC won another ward from the DA in June the same year. The council was reconstituted as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 718
IFP 033
Democratic Alliance 011
Economic Freedom Fighters 011
Total 7613

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  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
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Endumeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Endumeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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