Impendle Local Municipality


Impendle Municipality is a local municipality within the Umgungundlovu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. During the 18th century, the Griquas 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.
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.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Batlokoa13.14675
Impendle Part 120.391,562
Impendle Part 21.25238
Nxamalala234.1728,661
Polela2.53189
Remainder of the municipality674.082,255

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 won a majority of six seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.