Elundini Local Municipality

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Elundini
Local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Joe Gqabi
Seat Maclear
Wards 17
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorNonkongozelo Ruth Lengs (ANC)
 • SpeakerVangiwe Victoria Hokwana (ANC)
 • Chief WhipMamello Semakaleng Leteba (ANC)
Area
 • Total
5,065 km2 (1,956 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
138,141
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 98.1%
 •  Coloured 1.0%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Xhosa 70.1%
 •  Sotho 24.8%
 •  Afrikaans 1.7%
 •  English 1.6%
 • Other1.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC141

Elundini Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Elundini; Sotho : Masepala wa Elundini) is a local municipality within the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The name originates from isiXhosa and refers to the Drakensberg Mountains. [4]

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amahlubi 22601 676.9817,492 Xhosa
Amazizi 22602 156.986,934Xhosa
Asentshonalanga 22603 90.825,102Xhosa
Bakoena 22604 224.7512,458 Sotho
Basoto 22605 169.858,454Xhosa
Batlokoa 22606 720.1832,079Sotho
Hlubi 22608 125.924,872Xhosa
JK Bokwe 22609 0.281,280Xhosa
Maclear 22610 7.244,908Xhosa
Madeira 22611 0.23598Xhosa
Mati's 22612 0.251,762Xhosa
Matolandile/Zimelelandile 22613 98.115,556Xhosa
Mount Fletcher Part 1 22614 10.709,406Xhosa
Mount Fletcher Part 2 22620 108.323,371Xhosa
Ngcele 22615 162.308,521Xhosa
Ntokozweni 22616 0.131,119Xhosa
Ntywenka Forest 22617 0.15159Xhosa
Sonwabile 22618 2.144,671Xhosa
Ugie 22619 18.213,585Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 22607 2,782.475,279Xhosa

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 22,99480.851722,59080.061128
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,9446.8402,1357.5722
Democratic Alliance 9323.2809513.3711
United Democratic Movement 7982.8108112.8711
African Transformation Movement 5091.7905932.1011
Independent candidates 8963.1500
South African Royal Kingdoms Organization 3661.2904321.5311
African Independent Congress 7062.5000
Total28,439100.001728,218100.001734
Valid votes28,43997.0928,21896.67
Invalid/blank votes8512.919723.33
Total votes29,290100.0029,190100.00
Registered voters/turnout61,11447.9361,11447.76

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 — Elundini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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