Endumeni Local Municipality

Endumeni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMzinyathi
Seat	Dundee
Wards	6
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Winfreda Mbatha
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	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	KZN241

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]

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 twelve members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six 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 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority, and the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	6,981	7,131	14,112	51.4	5	1	6
	Democratic Alliance	2,879	2,765	5,644	20.5	1	2	3
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2,256	2,174	4,430	16.1	0	2	2
	National Freedom Party	1,484	1,650	3,134	11.4	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	71	85	156	0.6	0	0	0
	Federal Congress	4	–	4	0.0	0	–	0
Total		13,675	13,805	27,480	100.0	6	6	12
Spoilt votes		240	235	475

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. 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 3 December 2013.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Endumeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 28°10′09″S 30°13′37″E / 28.16917°S 30.22694°E