Ingquza Hill Local Municipality
Ingquza Hill | |
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![]() Location in the Eastern Cape | |
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°ECoordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | OR Tambo |
Seat | Flagstaff |
Wards | 31 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | BB Goya (ANC) |
• Speaker | Ntandokazi Yolisa Chapa (ANC) |
• Chief Whip | Mbongeni Isaac Nkungu (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,477 km2 (956 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 278,481 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.2% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 94.6% |
• English | 2.2% |
• Other | 3.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | EC153 |
Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, previously known as Qaukeni, is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Amakwalo | 23201 | 123.86 | 8,467 |
Amanci | 23202 | 5.21 | 706 |
Amantlane | 23203 | 117.16 | 12,588 |
Awahlwazi | 23204 | 25.03 | 4,082 |
Bala | 23205 | 134.39 | 15,995 |
Emtweni | 23206 | 53.32 | 2,023 |
Flagstaff | 23207 | 13.77 | 3,069 |
Gunyeni | 23208 | 45.12 | 13,493 |
Lusikisiki | 23209 | 21.04 | 9,079 |
Lwandlolubomvu | 23210 | 1.24 | 78 |
Mkambati | 23211 | 173.29 | 800 |
Mtshayelo | 23212 | 14.63 | 1,980 |
Mxobo | 23213 | 86.08 | 9,632 |
Ndimakude | 23214 | 16.10 | 1,765 |
Sipaqeni | 23216 | 249.31 | 34,069 |
Taweni | 23217 | 342.85 | 35,362 |
Xopozo | 23218 | 79.49 | 7,835 |
Remainder of the municipality | 23215 | 958.25 | 94,357 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 forty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 41,478 | 67.23 | 28 | 44,529 | 75.84 | 18 | 46 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,156 | 8.36 | 0 | 5,530 | 9.42 | 6 | 6 | |
Independent candidates | 7,658 | 12.41 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Civic Independent | 1,771 | 2.87 | 0 | 2,068 | 3.52 | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,814 | 2.94 | 0 | 1,513 | 2.58 | 2 | 2 | |
African Transformation Movement | 1,211 | 1.96 | 0 | 1,369 | 2.33 | 1 | 1 | |
United Democratic Movement | 1,062 | 1.72 | 0 | 1,184 | 2.02 | 1 | 1 | |
African Independent Congress | 382 | 0.62 | 0 | 972 | 1.66 | 1 | 1 | |
African People's Convention | 486 | 0.79 | 0 | 411 | 0.70 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 292 | 0.47 | 0 | 392 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 184 | 0.30 | 0 | 244 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 193 | 0.31 | 0 | 185 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 6 | 0.01 | 0 | 321 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 61,693 | 100.00 | 32 | 58,718 | 100.00 | 32 | 64 | |
Valid votes | 61,693 | 97.50 | 58,718 | 94.55 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,581 | 2.50 | 3,383 | 5.45 | ||||
Total votes | 63,274 | 100.00 | 62,101 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 139,517 | 45.35 | 139,517 | 44.51 |
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ingquza Hill". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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