Amathole District Municipality

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Amathole
Amatola District
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 32°30′S27°30′E / 32.500°S 27.500°E / -32.500; 27.500
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Seat East London
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorKhanyile Maneli (ANC)
 • Deputy MayorNomfusi Winnie Nxawe (ANC)
Area
 • Total21,595 km2 (8,338 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total892,637
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 97.2%
 •  Coloured 1.5%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 1.0%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 93.6%
 •  English 2.3%
 •  Afrikaans 2.1%
 • Other2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC12

The Amathole District Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Amathole) is one of the 7 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is East London. As of 2011, over 90% of its 892,637 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. The district code is DC12. Amathole means "calves", the name of the mountain range and forest which forms the northern boundary of the district. [3]

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Government

The Executive Mayor of Amathole District Municipality since 2016 is Anele Ntsangani, [] and the Municipal Manager is [Dr Bhekisisa J Mthembu].

Geography

Neighbours

Amathole is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
Mnquma 252,39028.27%
Mbhashe 254,90928.56%
Amahlathi 122,77813.75%
Ngqushwa 72,1908.09%
Great Kei 38,9914.37%
Raymond Mhlaba 151,37916.96%

Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, following amalgamation of Nxuba (24,264; 2.72%) and Nkonkobe (127,115; 14.24%)] municipalities.

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Languages

LanguagePopulation%
Xhosa 817,39593.62%
English 19,6472.25%
Afrikaans 18,2302.09%
Sign language 5,1640.59%
Zulu 2,6370.30%
Other 2,3910.27%
Sotho 2,0690.24%
Northern Sotho 1,7410.20%
Ndebele 1,6910.19%
Tswana 1,1670.13%
Venda 4010.05%
Swati 3450.04%
Tsonga 2500.03%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female473,38953.03%
Male419,24746.97%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African868,01797.24%
Coloured13,1331.47%
White8,9491.00%
Indian/Asian1,1260.13%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 004147,0988.84%
005 - 009192,36111.56%
010 - 014216,58613.01%
015 - 019208,99512.56%
020 - 024146,7508.82%
025 - 029115,6326.95%
030 - 03499,3275.97%
035 - 03996,6665.81%
040 - 04492,5605.56%
045 - 04977,4304.65%
050 - 05459,0273.55%
055 - 05947,0292.83%
060 - 06453,3523.21%
065 - 06938,8582.33%
070 - 07431,7161.91%
075 - 07918,8301.13%
080 - 08415,2620.92%
085 - 0894,0220.24%
090 - 0942,0260.12%
095 - 0995590.03%
100 plus1730.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Amathole in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 523,63082.99%
United Democratic Movement 50,5598.01%
Democratic Alliance 32,4675.15%
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 7,6271.21%
African Christian Democratic Party 4,4920.71%
Independent Democrats 3,6800.58%
New National Party 2,6000.41%
Freedom Front Plus 7950.13%
Inkhata Freedom Party 7850.12%
Azanian People's Organisation 7650.12%
SOPA 7400.12%
United Christian Democratic Party 6250.10%
EMSA 4070.06%
Peace and Justice Congress 4000.06%
UF 2930.05%
National Alliance 2690.04%
Christian Democratic Party 2570.04%
TOP 2360.04%
Keep It Straight and Simple Party 1320.02%
New Labour Party 1090.02%
Minority Front 850.01%
Total630,953100.00%

Maladministration

As of January 2024, the municipality is under administration, one of 32 in the country, and three in the Eastern Cape where the provincial executive has intervened due to maladministration [4]

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References

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