Lukhanji Local Municipality

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Lukhanji
Former local municipality
Lukhanji CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Lukanji highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Chris Hani
Seat Queenstown
Wards 27
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorNozibele Makanda (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,813 km2 (1,472 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total190,723
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 92.6%
 •  Coloured 3.8%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.5%
 •  White 2.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 86.8%
 •  Afrikaans 5.5%
 •  English 4.5%
 • Other3.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC134

Lukhanji Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Lukhanji is a Xhosa name for the mountain that runs from the eastern side of Queenstown to the western side. [3] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

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Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places
(Note: only places with more than 1,000 inhabitants listed here): [4]

PlaceCensus codeArea (km2)Population
Angola, Lukhanji 281037 3.781,693
Brakkloof 281052 4.652,000
Embekweni 281083 4.251,343
Ezibeleni 281015 32.0930,113
EZweledinga 281093 2.891,022
Hewu 281068 2.002,193
Illinge 281029 4.6510,689
KwaNkcwa 281021 1.991,219
Lesseyton 281013 2.532,715
Lower Didimana 281050 2.391,288
McBride 281038 2.392,127
Mlungisi 281018 3.6724,901
Mtebele 281023 3.751,705
New Deka 281012 1.681,163
Queenstown 281017 67.6343,971
Sada 281067 4.5713,493
Tambo 281055 4.063,056
Toisekraal 281011 1.021,467
Whittlesea 281066 15.3714,756
Remainder of the municipality 281002 3,588.356,233

Politics

The municipal council consisted of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5] [6]

PartyVotesSeats
Ward [Note 1] ListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 38,50739,65578,16282.8261945
Democratic Alliance 4,3694,8079,1769.7145
COPE 8802,1943,0743.3022
UDM 1,1708972,0672.2011
PAC 3843607440.8011
Pan Africanist Movement 3571515080.5000
Independent 380–3800.40–0
People's Democratic Party (South Africa)107601670.2000
NFP 22841060.1000
Total46,17648,20894,384100.0272754
Spoilt votes9276251,552
  1. ↑ In one ward the ANC candidate was deemed elected without a ballot as no other candidates were nominated.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mother of Six Appointed Executive Mayor of Lukhanji Municipality". Newsroom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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