Endumeni Local Municipality

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
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 km2 (620 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	64,862
• Density	40/km2 (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 (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

Main article: Endumeni Local Municipality elections

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