Mhlontlo Local Municipality

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Mhlontlo
Local municipality
Mhlontlo CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Mhlontlo highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District OR Tambo
Seat Qumbu
Wards 26
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorCllr Mbulelo Jara (ANC)
 • SpeakerCllr Eddie Pula (ANC)
 • Chief WhipCllr Ntombikayise Gcaba (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,826 km2 (1,091 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
 • Total186,391
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 97.6%
 •  Coloured 0.3%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.2%
 •  White 0.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 94.9%
 •  English 2.3%
 • Other2.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC156

Mhlontlo Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Mhlontlo) is a local municipality within the OR Tambo District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Contents

The Mhlontlo Municipality is a municipality situated along the N2 national route between Mthatha and KwaBhaca. It encompasses the towns of Qumbu and Tsolo, together with the surrounding villages. There are three hospitals within the municipality; the Nessie Knight Hospital in Sulenkama village (Qumbu), the St Lucy Hospital in Ngcolosi village (Tsolo) and the Dr Malizo Mpehle Hospital near the town of Tsolo. The municipality is the seat of the AmaMpondomise Kingdom, which seats at Lower Kroza village near Qumbu.

Mhlontlo was a king of the AmaMpondomise people during the 19th century. [3]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amacwera 23501 177.8220,419
Amampondomise 23502 109.2412,566
Amazizi 23503 0.350
Asentshonalanga 23504 8.02475
Basuto 23505 7.950
Bhele 23506 70.314,240
Bovube 23507 197.1918,717
Culunca 23508 99.509,501
Ebotwa 23509 203.3522,254
Emaqa-Kambani 23510 162.7110,214
Hala 23511 67.982,907
Hlubi 23512 280.7722,631
Kambi 23513 6.87369
Ketani 23514 70.067,600
Lwandlolubomvu 23515 48.431,625
Makaula 23516 24.83629
Masizakhe 23517 293.6718,661
Matolandile/Zimelelandile 23518 32.9152
Mbalisweni 23519 125.2210,021
Mhlontlo 23520 19.826
Ngqubusini 23521 106.955,855
Ngwane 23522 16.95633
Northern Pondomise 23523 294.5015,987
Qumbu 23524 38.153,275
Tsolo Part 1 23525 53.975,678
Tsolo Part 2 23526 184.592,361

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-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 forty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 29,81671.692532,00177.741540
United Democratic Movement 2,2185.3302,7496.6833
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,2945.5202,4916.0533
Independent candidates 4,43610.6711
African Transformation Movement 1,7574.2201,8104.4022
Independent South African National Civic Organisation 3330.8001,2533.0411
Democratic Alliance 6121.4706091.4811
Batho Pele Movement 1200.290980.2400
Civic Independent 20.0001530.3700
Total41,588100.002641,164100.002551
Valid votes41,58897.0241,16497.06
Invalid/blank votes1,2762.981,2462.94
Total votes42,864100.0042,410100.00
Registered voters/turnout93,16446.0193,16445.52

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The Mhlontlo Local Municipality council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-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 forty seats.

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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mhlontlo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

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