Endumeni_Local_Municipality
Endumeni Local Municipality
Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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 | |
|---|---|
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 |
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
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]
| 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 | ||||
- "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.
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Endumeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.