Mbhashe Local Municipality

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Mbhashe
Local municipality
Mbhashe CoA.png
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Map of the Eastern Cape with Mbhashe highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Seat Dutywa
Wards 31
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorSamkelo Nicholas Janda (ANC)
 • SpeakerBabalwa Majavu (ANC)
 • Chief WhipMandla Sibingibingi (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,169 km2 (1,224 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total254,909
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 99.4%
 •  Coloured 0.1%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.2%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 95.7%
 •  English 1.6%
 • Other2.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC121

Mbhashe Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Mbhashe) is a local municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality was constituted in terms of the Municipal Structures Act of 1998 and comprises the areas that previously formed the Elliotdale, Willowvale and Dutywa town councils. The municipality is located in the north eastern part of the Amathole District Municipality. The main administrative office is situated in Dutywa.

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Its primary claim to fame is as the birthplace of former President Thabo Mbeki. The Mbanyana Falls, Mbhashe Cultural Village and Donald Wood's Snooker Room number among its attractions. [3] The word Mbashe is derived from isiXhosa. The municipality is named after the Mbashe River. [4] The area also boasts the head offices of the AmaXhosa Kingdom at the Nqadu Great Place.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Bashee 21001 213.8213,524
Bonkolo 21002 158.199,394
Cizela 21003 143.928,903
Ebongweni 21004 19.861,223
Ebotwe 21005 771.8049,869
Elliotdale 21006 8.211,012
Emvelini 21007 177.4417,348
Gcaleka-Ngchana 21008 146.5011,403
Hala 21009 22.361,442
Idutywa Part 1 21010 275.9728,957
Idutywa Part 2 21019 9.194,828
Jalamba 21011 277.4731,914
Kwamkoloza 21012 306.8718,655
Mpeko 21013 2.140
Ngqwangele 21014 105.6312,998
Ngubezulu 21015 238.1027,130
Ntonga 21016 101.368,466
Ntshatshongo 21017 48.533,779
Willowvale 21018 5.542,546

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 36,73466.493039,02871.591545
United Democratic Movement 6,36111.5117,36813.5278
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,0415.5003,3866.2144
Independent candidates 5,4399.8511
African Transformation Movement 1,1222.0301,1862.1811
Democratic Alliance 8091.4607711.4111
Batho Pele Movement 5541.0005961.0911
Alliance for Transformation for All 2870.5206141.1311
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 2920.5304150.7611
African Democrats 1920.3504100.7500
African People's Convention 1950.3501910.3500
Congress of the People 630.1103220.5900
Al Jama-ah 1550.280880.1600
Power of Africans Unity 00.0001420.2600
Total55,244100.003254,517100.003163
Valid votes55,24497.6454,51796.78
Invalid/blank votes1,3342.361,8133.22
Total votes56,578100.0056,330100.00
Registered voters/turnout122,43346.21122,43346.01

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The Mbhashe Local Municipality council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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-five 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. ↑ Mbhashe Municipality Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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