Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

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Emalahleni
Local municipality
Emalahleni Eastern Cape CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Emalahleni highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Chris Hani
Seat Cacadu
Wards 17
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorNtombizanele Koni (ANC)
 • SpeakerDumisa Kalolo (ANC)
 • Chief WhipThozama Mrwebi (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,447 km2 (1,331 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total119,460
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 98.5%
 •  Coloured 0.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.6%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Xhosa 95.2%
 •  English 1.5%
 •  Afrikaans 1.2%
 • Other2.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC136

Emalahleni Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiXhosa word meaning "a place of coal". [4]

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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. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 24,40579.731724,92681.521128
Democratic Alliance 1,8896.1701,9466.3622
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,6085.2501,6345.3422
United Democratic Movement 6202.0307672.5111
Independent South African National Civic Organisation 6192.0207032.3011
Independent candidates 1,0033.2800
African Transformation Movement 2590.8504221.3800
African People's Convention 2050.6701790.5900
Total30,608100.001730,577100.001734
Valid votes30,60898.0430,57797.89
Invalid/blank votes6111.966602.11
Total votes31,219100.0031,237100.00
Registered voters/turnout59,23052.7159,23052.74

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Cacadu 22301 245.0713,780
Cala 22302 9.6857
Dordrecht 22303 15.674,454
Emaqwatini 22305 27.011,920
Eqolombeni 22306 61.561,603
Guba 22307 315.778,807
Hala 22308 114.032,835
Indwe 22309 12.171,425
Cacadu 22310 24.71729
Lakishi 22311 23.793,557
Macubeni 22312 350.5616,760
Manyano 22313 0.161,370
Mavuya 22314 0.593,023
Mhlontlo 22315 340.6918,960
Mzamomhle 22316 0.29880
Nonesi 22317 557.5928,776
Sinakho 22318 1.394,279
Remainder of the municipality 22304 1,134.112,732

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The Emalahleni Local Municipality 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight 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. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Emalahleni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]

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