Great Kei Local Municipality

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Great Kei
Local municipality
Great Kei CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Great Kei highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Seat Qumrha
Wards 7
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorNgenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC)
 • SpeakerNgenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC)
 • Chief WhipNdileka Kantshashe (ANC)
Area
 • Total1,736 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total38,991
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 91.3%
 •  Coloured 1.3%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 7.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 88.8%
 •  English 7.0%
 •  Afrikaans 2.7%
 • Other1.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC123

Great Kei Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Great Kei) is a local municipality within the Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The word Kei is of Khoekhoe origin, meaning "sand". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River. [3]

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Chintsa East 21202 3.801,317
Chintsa 21201 2.57423
Cwili 21203 0.511,473
Haga Haga 21205 1.20114
Kei Mouth 21206 3.20284
Qumrha 21207 5.321,267
Kwelerha Point 21209 0.3696
Kwelerha 21208 50.838,941
Mooiplaas 21210 145.0717,281
Morgans Bay 21211 1.36453
Ocean View 21212 0.1767
Qumrha 21213 1.945,652
Remainder of the municipality 21204 1,519.307,087

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 6,22763.8976,51867.3629
Democratic Alliance 1,43414.7101,80718.6733
Economic Freedom Fighters 7828.0201,03110.6511
Independent candidates 1,03810.6500
Good 1651.6901701.7600
United Democratic Movement 600.620910.9400
African Transformation Movement 400.410600.6200
Total9,746100.0079,677100.00613
Valid votes9,74698.609,67798.29
Invalid/blank votes1381.401681.71
Total votes9,884100.009,845100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,93555.1117,93554.89

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The Great Kei Local Municipality council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 nine 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 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Great Kei". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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