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Impendle Impendle
Local municipality
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Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMgungundlovu
Seat	Impendle
Wards	4
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	SG Ndlela
Area
• Total	1,528 km (590 sq mi)
Population
• Total	33,105
• Density	22/km (56/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

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.

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:

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.

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ "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.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120330155717/http://impendle.local.gov.za/

v t e Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal
Metropolitan	eThekwini (Durban)
District and local	Ugu Ray Nkonyeni uMdoni uMuziwabantu Umzumbe Vulamehlo Umgungundlovu Impendle Mkhambathini Mpofana Msunduzi Richmond uMngeni uMshwathi Uthukela Alfred Duma Inkosi Langalibalele Okhahlamba Umzinyathi Endumeni Msinga Nquthu Umvoti Amajuba Dannhauser eMadlangeni Newcastle Zululand Abaqulusi eDumbe Nongoma Ulundi uPhongolo Umkhanyakude Big Five Hlabisa Jozini Mtubatuba uMhlabuyalingana King Cetshwayo uMfolozi Mthonjaneni Nkandla Ntambanana uMhlathuze uMlalazi iLembe KwaDukuza Mandeni Maphumulo Ndwedwe Harry Gwala Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Greater Kokstad Ubuhlebezwe Umzimkhulu
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• Local municipalities of the Umgungundlovu District Municipality