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 | |
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| 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
The 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
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]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 8,112 | 8,452 | 16,564 | 49.5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 5,227 | 4,981 | 10,208 | 30.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,522 | 2,692 | 5,214 | 15.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 684 | 595 | 1,279 | 3.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 179 | – | 179 | 0.5 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 16,724 | 16,720 | 33,444 | 100.0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Spoilt votes | 276 | 306 | 582 | |||||
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 | Ward | PR list | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "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
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Endumeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Endumeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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