Tsolwana Local Municipality

Tsolwana
Former local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Seat	Tarkastad
Wards	5
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	K Nqighi
Area
• Total	6,087 km2 (2,350 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	33,281
• Density	5.468/km2 (14.16/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
•  Black African	91.0%
•  Coloured	5.8%
•  Indian/Asian	0.1%
•  White	2.8%
First languages (2011) [2]
•  Xhosa	84.3%
•  Afrikaans	8.5%
•  Sotho	2.8%
•  English	2.3%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC132

Tsolwana Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Tsolwana is an isiXhosa name which means "something with a sharp ending or a tip", referring the mountains around the whole area. ^[3] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: ^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Amaqwati	21901	34.36	7,777
Amavundle	21902	19.74	7,589
Basoto	21903	5.44	4,523
Hofmeyer	21904	4.57	3,199
Lammermoor	21905	1.09	3
Tarkastad	21906	1.89	1,858
Zola	21908	1.15	3,612
Remainder of the municipality	21907	5,956.66	3,949

Politics

The municipal council consisted of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	7,405	7,684	15,089	73.5	4	3	7
	COPE	644	1,296	1,940	9.4	0	1	1
	DA	751	973	1,724	8.4	0	1	1
	Independent	1,618	–	1,618	7.9	1	–	1
	UDM	26	142	168	0.8	0	0	0
Total		10,444	10,095	20,539	100.0	5	5	10
Spoilt votes		218	328	546

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. South African Languages - Place names
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Tsolwana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Tsolwana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20130522040304/http://tsolwana.co.za/

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