Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality

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Enoch Mgijima
Local municipality
Map of the Eastern Cape with Enoch Mgijima highlighted (2016).svg
Coordinates: 31°43′08″S26°19′08″E / 31.719°S 26.319°E / -31.719; 26.319
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Chris Hani
Seat Komani
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorMadoda Papiyana (elected December 2022) [1] (ANC)
 • SpeakerBongiwe Gladness van Heerden (ANC)
 • Chief WhipNombuyiselo Selka Ndlebe (ANC)
Area
[2]
 • Total13,584 km2 (5,245 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total245,975
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC139

Enoch Mgijima Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Enoch Mgijima) is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Tsolwana, Inkwanca, and Lukhanji local municipalities. [3]

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Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [4]

Enoch Mgijima local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 33,05734,67667,73362.2%321244
Democratic Alliance 5,9395,70011,63910.7%167
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,9974,5658,5627.9%066
The Independents3,0334,1967,2296.6%055
Independent candidates 5,521–5,5215.1%1–1
Independent South African National Civic Organisation 6662,3232,9892.7%022
United Democratic Movement 5697381,3071.2%011
Patriotic Alliance 5825601,1421.0%011
African Transformation Movement 3535499020.8%011
5 other parties8921,0341,9261.8%000
Total54,60954,341108,950343468
Valid votes54,60954,341108,95097.7%
Spoilt votes 1,1161,4632,5792.3%
Total votes cast55,72555,804111,529
Voter turnout56,144
Registered voters118,637
Turnout percentage47.3%

Maladministration

In October 2021, a sports facility costing R20 million was opened. Originally intended to as a floodlit stadium with ablutions, borehole and water reticulation, the final deliverable was far removed from this. The facility is derelict, and has never hosted a sports event. [5]

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 [6]

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The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality council was established in 2016, and consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 44 seats.

References

  1. ↑ Menzelwa, Zolile. "Madoda Papiyana elected as new Enoch Mgijima LM executive mayor". News24. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. 1 2 Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji.
  3. ↑ "The Local Government Handbook" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Enoch Mgijima". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  5. ↑ Damba-Hendrik, By Nombulelo (2024-03-01). "Komani's unusable R20-million "sport facility"". GroundUp News. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  6. ↑ Thorne, Seth. "South Africa's 32 most 'dysfunctional' municipalities". Businesstech. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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