Ngqushwa Local Municipality

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Ngqushwa
Local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 33°12′S27°07′E / 33.200°S 27.117°E / -33.200; 27.117
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Seat Peddie
Wards 13
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorMnikelo Tempile Siwisa (ANC)
 • SpeakerNombuyiselo Ethelina Magingxa (ANC)
 • Chief WhipFumanekile Phumaphi (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,241 km2 (865 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total72,190
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 99.2%
 •  Coloured 0.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 94.7%
 •  English 2.6%
 • Other2.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC126

Ngqushwa Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Ngqushwa) is a local municipality within the Amatole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amahlubi 21501 25.881,095
Amambalu 21502 64.29144
Bhele 21503 71.605,626
Dabi 21504 9.961,010
Glenmore 21505 13.181,373
Hamburg 21506 3.30193
Imidushane 21507 345.4115,216
Imiqayi 21508 176.7314,947
Mareledwana 21509 243.1710,774
Mhala 21510 101.295,355
Mphekweni 21511 0.2827
Msuthu 21512 70.894,515
Ngqushwa 21513 158.71233
Njokweni 21514 86.224,667
Peddie Part 1 21515 653.4710,791
Peddie Part 2 21517 9.773,696
Tyefu 21516 211.154,583

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 13,75274.661114,56181.29718
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,84910.0402,24512.5333
Independent candidates 2,05711.1711
Democratic Alliance 4482.4305172.8911
African Transformation Movement 2471.3403551.9800
Independent South African National Civic Organisation 670.3602351.3100
Total18,420100.001217,913100.001123
Valid votes18,42097.8617,91395.27
Invalid/blank votes4032.148894.73
Total votes18,823100.0018,802100.00
Registered voters/turnout35,84652.5135,84652.45

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The Ngqushwa Local Municipality council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 eighteen 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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ngqushwa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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