Senqu Local Municipality

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Senqu
Local municipality
Senqu CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Senqu highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Joe Gqabi
Seat Lady Grey
Wards 19
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorNomvuyo Mposelwa (ANC)
 • SpeakerVelile Stokhwe (ANC)
 • Chief WhipMlifi Mshasha (ANC)
Area
 • Total7,329 km2 (2,830 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total134,150
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 97.3%
 •  Coloured 1.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.2%
 •  White 1.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Xhosa 74.3%
 •  Sotho 20.2%
 •  Afrikaans 2.4%
 •  English 1.3%
 • Other1.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC142

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]

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amaqwati 22701 62.984,284
Amavundla 22702 86.378,123
Barkly East 22703 16.104,292
Basoto 22704 250.7431,727
Batlokoa 22705 127.835,054
Herschel 22706 4.89561
Hlubi 22707 1,061.3751,548
Khwezinaledi 22708 0.814,793
Lady Grey 22709 23.751,312
Mfelandawonye 22710 0.0527
Myamane 22711 122.049,296
Nkululeko 22712 0.534,077
Polar Park 22713 0.05630
Rhodes 22714 10.28129
Rossouw 22715 0.66302
Sterkspruit 22717 4.021,557
Zakhele 22718 0.14377
Zola 22719 0.02337
Remainder of the municipality 22716 4,998.126,736

Politics

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]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 19,70272.231720,27274.22825
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,99210.9703,12511.4444
Sterkspruit Civic Association 1,0613.8901,2214.4722
Democratic Alliance 8753.2109413.4511
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 5081.8605361.9611
Independent candidates 1,0103.7000
United Democratic Movement 2600.9503631.3311
Freedom Front Plus 3131.1502851.0400
African Transformation Movement 2921.0702470.9000
African People's Convention 1880.6901820.6700
Arusha Economic Coalition 770.2801400.5100
Total27,278100.001727,312100.001734
Valid votes27,27897.7627,31297.78
Invalid/blank votes6242.246202.22
Total votes27,902100.0027,932100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,18746.3660,18746.41

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The Senqu Local Municipality 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 a majority of twenty-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 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Senqu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

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