Impendle
Impendle
Local municipality
Official seal of Impendle
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictuMgungundlovu
SeatImpendle
Wards4
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSG Ndlela
Area
 • Total1,528 km2 (590 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total33,105
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African98.9%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.5%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu93.3%
 • English1.8%
 • Sotho1.6%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Other2.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN224

Impendle Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Impendle) is a local municipality wirhin 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]

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

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Batlokoa5100113.14675
Impendle Part 15100520.391,562
Impendle Part 2510061.25238
Nxamalala51003234.1728,661
Polela510042.53189
Remainder of the municipality51002674.082,255

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]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress5,47857.7555,55158.8516
Inkatha Freedom Party1,52216.0401,65817.5822
Economic Freedom Fighters1,51715.9901,64817.4722
Democratic Alliance2282.4002402.5400
Independent candidates4514.7500
African Transformation Movement900.9501031.0900
National Freedom Party740.780840.8900
Abantu Batho Congress620.650580.6100
African Mantungwa Community240.250430.4600
African Christian Democratic Party230.240270.2900
People's Freedom Party170.180200.2100
Total9,486100.0059,432100.00510
Valid votes9,48697.809,43297.30
Invalid/blank votes2132.202622.70
Total votes9,699100.009,694100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,29956.0717,29956.04

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Impendle Municipality
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Impendle". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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