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
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMzinyathi
Seat	Dundee
Wards	7
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sduduzo Mdluli (ANC)
Area
• Total	1,610 km^2 (620 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	64,862
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	83.9%
• Coloured	2.6%
• Indian/Asian	5.9%
• White	7.2%
First languages (2011) [3]
• 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 (km^2)	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
	ANC	8,112	8,452	16,564	49.5	5	1	6
	IFP	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
	ANC	7	1	8
	IFP	0	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	1	1
Total		7	6	13

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.

External links

• Official website