Impendle Local Municipality
Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Impendle Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Impendle) is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. During the 18th century, the Griquas ("Abatwas") used to hide in the mountain in the area because they were accused of stealing livestock from the farmers who decided to fight the Griquas in order to protect their livestock. The Griquas used war spears, and this conflict was called "an outside war", i.e. impiyasendle or impiendle.[3]
Impendle
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uMgungundlovu |
| Seat | Impendle |
| Wards | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Buyisani Mlaba |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,528 km2 (590 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 33,105 |
| • Density | 21.67/km2 (56.11/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.9% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 93.3% |
| • English | 1.8% |
| • Sotho | 1.6% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.2% |
| • Other | 2.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN224 |
The municipality is extremely diverse in its topography, climate and soils, and has a rich and complex natural environment. High-density settlements occur around Impendle, in villages such as Gomane, KwaNovuka, Similobha and Kamensi.[4]
Main places
Politics
The municipal council consists of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five 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) won a majority of six seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 5,478 | 57.75 | 5 | 5,551 | 58.85 | 1 | 6 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 1,522 | 16.04 | 0 | 1,658 | 17.58 | 2 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,517 | 15.99 | 0 | 1,648 | 17.47 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 228 | 2.40 | 0 | 240 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 451 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| African Transformation Movement | 90 | 0.95 | 0 | 103 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 74 | 0.78 | 0 | 84 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 62 | 0.65 | 0 | 58 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Mantungwa Community | 24 | 0.25 | 0 | 43 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 23 | 0.24 | 0 | 27 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| People's Freedom Party | 17 | 0.18 | 0 | 20 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9,486 | 100.00 | 5 | 9,432 | 100.00 | 5 | 10 | |
| Valid votes | 9,486 | 97.80 | 9,432 | 97.30 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 213 | 2.20 | 262 | 2.70 | ||||
| Total votes | 9,699 | 100.00 | 9,694 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 17,299 | 56.07 | 17,299 | 56.04 | ||||