Senqu | |
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![]() Location in the Eastern Cape | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Joe Gqabi |
Seat | Lady Grey |
Wards | 19 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Nomvuyo Mposelwa (ANC) |
• Speaker | Velile Stokhwe (ANC) |
• Chief Whip | Mlifi Mshasha (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 7,329 km2 (2,830 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 134,150 |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 97.3% |
• Coloured | 1.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 1.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 74.3% |
• Sotho | 20.2% |
• Afrikaans | 2.4% |
• English | 1.3% |
• Other | 1.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | EC142 |
Senqu Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Senqu; Sotho : Masepala wa Senqu) is a local municipality within the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Senqu is the Sesotho name for the Orange River. [4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Amaqwati | 22701 | 62.98 | 4,284 |
Amavundla | 22702 | 86.37 | 8,123 |
Barkly East | 22703 | 16.10 | 4,292 |
Basoto | 22704 | 250.74 | 31,727 |
Batlokoa | 22705 | 127.83 | 5,054 |
Herschel | 22706 | 4.89 | 561 |
Hlubi | 22707 | 1,061.37 | 51,548 |
Khwezinaledi | 22708 | 0.81 | 4,793 |
Lady Grey | 22709 | 23.75 | 1,312 |
Mfelandawonye | 22710 | 0.05 | 27 |
Myamane | 22711 | 122.04 | 9,296 |
Nkululeko | 22712 | 0.53 | 4,077 |
Polar Park | 22713 | 0.05 | 630 |
Rhodes | 22714 | 10.28 | 129 |
Rossouw | 22715 | 0.66 | 302 |
Sterkspruit | 22717 | 4.02 | 1,557 |
Zakhele | 22718 | 0.14 | 377 |
Zola | 22719 | 0.02 | 337 |
Remainder of the municipality | 22716 | 4,998.12 | 6,736 |
The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 an increased majority of twenty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 19,702 | 72.23 | 17 | 20,272 | 74.22 | 8 | 25 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,992 | 10.97 | 0 | 3,125 | 11.44 | 4 | 4 | |
Sterkspruit Civic Association | 1,061 | 3.89 | 0 | 1,221 | 4.47 | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Alliance | 875 | 3.21 | 0 | 941 | 3.45 | 1 | 1 | |
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 508 | 1.86 | 0 | 536 | 1.96 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 1,010 | 3.70 | 0 | 0 | ||||
United Democratic Movement | 260 | 0.95 | 0 | 363 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 313 | 1.15 | 0 | 285 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | |
African Transformation Movement | 292 | 1.07 | 0 | 247 | 0.90 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 188 | 0.69 | 0 | 182 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | |
Arusha Economic Coalition | 77 | 0.28 | 0 | 140 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 27,278 | 100.00 | 17 | 27,312 | 100.00 | 17 | 34 | |
Valid votes | 27,278 | 97.76 | 27,312 | 97.78 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 624 | 2.24 | 620 | 2.22 | ||||
Total votes | 27,902 | 100.00 | 27,932 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 60,187 | 46.36 | 60,187 | 46.41 |
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