Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

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Nelson Mandela Bay
Metropolitan municipality
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
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Map of the Eastern Cape with Nelson Mandela Bay highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 33°57′S25°36′E / 33.950°S 25.600°E / -33.950; 25.600
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Seat Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Wards 60
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 •  Mayor Gary van Niekerk (NA)
Area
 • Total1,959 km2 (756 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total1,152,115
 • Density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 •  Black African 60.1%
 •  Coloured 23.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.1%
 •  White 14.4%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 •  Xhosa 53.9%
 •  Afrikaans 29.3%
 •  English 13.5%
 • Other3.3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNMA

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala oMbaxa iNelson Mandela Bay; Afrikaans : Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit) is one of eight metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape province and comprises the city of Gqeberha, the nearby towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, and the surrounding rural area.

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The name "Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality" was chosen to honour former President Nelson Mandela.

History

Bricks used in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality around 1903-04 may have been made from parts of the holotype of the sauropod dinosaur Algoasaurus bauri . [2]

Established on 5 December 2000, the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality was formed as an administrative area covering Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), the neighbouring towns of Kariega (Uitenhage) and Despatch and the surrounding agricultural areas. [3] Thus included the following cities/towns/villages: [4]

Demographics and statistics

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Geographical distribution of home languages in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
  Afrikaans
  English
  Xhosa
  No language dominant

As of the census of 2011, [4] there are 1,152,115 people and 324,292 households in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. [5]

In the 2007 census, 60.4% of respondents described themselves as Black African, 22.6% Coloured, 16.1% White and 0.9% Indian/Asian.

The largest religious groupings are Christian (89.4% of residents), no religion (6.1%), Muslim (1.5%), Jewish (0.4%) and Hindu (0.3%).

57.3% of the residents speak Xhosa as their mother tongue. Afrikaans is the mother tongue of 29.7%, and English, 12.1%.

According to the 2009 edition of the municipality's 2006–2011 Integrated Development Plan, manufacturing is the single largest contributor to the local economy (33%), followed by community services (27%). Tourism represents a key sector of the economy that has increasingly contributed to job creation in recent years, thanks in large part to the municipality's seaside location and its abundance of unspoiled beaches, of which four carry Blue Flag status. [6]

100% of households have access to a source of water within a 200 m radius. 91% of households have access to a basic level of sanitation. 100% of households within the urban boundary have access to a basic level of solid waste removal, and 97% of households in formally demarcated municipal residential areas have access to a basic level of electricity. The municipality has 41 permanent and satellite clinics, 13 mobile clinics, eight hospitals, 22 libraries, 31 community and municipal halls, 79 sports facilities, 19 beaches, 18 pools, 273 schools, one university (the Nelson Mandela University), four technical colleges and two Further Education and Training institutions. [6]

Main places

The censuses of 2001 and 2011 divided the municipality into the following main places: [7]

Place 2011Place 2001Area 2011 (km2)Area 2001 (km2)Population 2011Population 2001Most spoken language
Beachview -0.78-500 Afrikaans
Bethelsdorp Bethelsdorp36.6277.64182,012134,617Afrikaans
Blue Horizon Bay Blue Horizon Bay1.402.74419409Afrikaans
-Cannonvale-0.69-196Afrikaans
Clarendon Marine -6.56-2,434-no
Colchester Colchester5.731.282,073743Afrikaans
Despatch Despatch19.6538.7539,61925,086Afrikaans
-Port Elizabeth (since 2021: Walmer South)-1.90-16,686 Xhosa
iBhayi iBhayi36.0623.69237,799255,826Xhosa
-Kabah-1.68-3,282Afrikaans
-Khaya Mnandi-0.82-5,379Xhosa
-KwaLanga-0.70-8,196Xhosa
-KwaDwesi-5.10-17,733Xhosa
KwaNobuhle KwaNobuhle23.4815.34107,47487,585Xhosa
Motherwell Motherwell25.8629.52140,351117,319Xhosa
Port Elizabeth (since 2021: Gqeberha)Port Elizabeth251.03335.30312,392237,500Afrikaans
- Seaview -1.60-732English
Uitenhage (since 2021: Kariega)Uitenhage75.3584.77103,63971,666Afrikaans
Woodridge Woodridge4.980.56362270Xhosa
-Young Park-0.52-762Afrikaans
Nelson Mandela Bay NURemainder of the municipality1,472.191,328.7723,54221,281Xhosa

Government

The municipal council consists of one hundred and twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Sixty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in sixty wards, while the remaining sixty are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the local government election of 1 November 2021, no party obtained a majority on the council again. The African National Congress managed to form a minority coalition government to govern the municipality. Former councillor and businesswoman Eugene Johnson of the ANC was elected mayor on 22 November 2021, in a coalition consisting of the parties: GOOD, AIM, UDM, DOP, Northern Alliance, Patriotic Alliance and the PAC. She won against the DA's mayoral candidate, Nqaba Bhanga, by 1 vote, as a DA councillor was absent. [8]

During a council meeting on 21 September 2022, Johnson was removed as mayor through a vote of no confidence and succeeded by the DA's Retief Odendaal. [9] Odendaal was, in return, removed as mayor in a vote of no confidence and replaced with council speaker Gary van Niekerk on 26 May 2023. [10] [11]

The following table shows the results of the 2021 municipal election. [12]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Alliance 104,52039.8023105,48740.042548
African National Congress 103,10439.2637104,33939.601148
Economic Freedom Fighters 16,8036.40016,8596.4088
Northern Alliance 5,7262.1805,4992.0933
African Christian Democratic Party 4,3171.6404,4271.6822
Freedom Front Plus 3,9681.5104,3101.6422
Defenders of the People 3,8591.4703,6401.3822
Patriotic Alliance 3,7241.4203,4731.3222
Abantu Integrity Movement 2,7581.0502,9141.1111
United Democratic Movement 2,6651.0102,8321.0711
African Independent Congress 9900.3801,7980.6811
Good 1,4850.5701,2860.4911
Independent candidates 2,7201.0400
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 1,2600.4801,3470.5111
15 other parties4,7031.7905,2501.9900
Total262,602100.0060263,461100.0060120
Valid votes262,60298.73263,46198.66
Invalid/blank votes3,3701.273,5841.34
Total votes265,972100.00267,045100.00
Registered voters/turnout583,27045.60583,27045.78

See also

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  4. 1 2 Statistics South Africa: Nelson Mandela Bay. www.statssa.gov.za
  5. ↑ "Drought-beset South African city taps aquifer, shirks long-term solutions: Critics". Mongabay Environmental News. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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