Blue Crane Route Local Municipality

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Blue Crane Route
Bloukraanroete
Local municipality
Blue Crane Route CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Blue Crane Route highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°43′S25°35′E / 32.717°S 25.583°E / -32.717; 25.583
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Sarah Baartman
Seat Somerset East
Wards 6
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorBonisile Manxoweni (ANC)
 • SpeakerBonisile Manxoweni (ANC) [n 1]
 • Chief WhipNeliswa Nkonyeni (ANC)
Area
 • Total11,068 km2 (4,273 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total36,002
 • Density3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 59.0%
 •  Coloured 33.0%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 6.8%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Xhosa 51.3%
 •  Afrikaans 43.2%
 •  English 3.4%
 • Other2.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC102

Blue Crane Route Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; Afrikaans : Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane. [4]

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]

PlaceCodePopulationMost spoken language
Bongweni 20202 3,776 Xhosa
Cookhouse 20203 1,415Xhosa
Khayanisho 20204 1,448Xhosa
KwaNojoli 20205 8,132Xhosa
Pearston 20206 2,596Afrikaans
Petersburg 29103 39Afrikaans
Somerset East 20207 8,456Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 20201 9,196Xhosa

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six 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 election [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 5,22356.2545,26056.5026
Democratic Alliance 3,45537.2123,45037.0624
Economic Freedom Fighters 5826.2705756.1811
African Transformation Movement 60.060250.2700
Independent candidates 200.2200
Total9,286100.0069,310100.00511
Valid votes9,28698.739,31098.75
Invalid/blank votes1191.271181.25
Total votes9,405100.009,428100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,86752.6417,86752.77

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Manxoweni serves as the Mayor, Speaker and Chairperson of the Finance Committee.

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The Blue Crane Route Local Municipality council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six 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 reduced majority of six 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 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Blue Crane Route". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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