Umzimvubu Local Municipality

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Umzimvubu
Local municipality
Umzimvubu CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Umzimvubu highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Alfred Nzo
Seat Mount Frere
Wards 27
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorSobane Mnukwa (ANC)
 • SpeakerNofikile Florida Ngonyolo (ANC)
 • Chief WhipNdanele Mzinwa (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,577 km2 (995 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total191,620
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 99.4%
 •  Coloured 0.3%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 93.1%
 •  English 2.6%
 • Other4.3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC442

Umzimvubu Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Umzimvubu) is a local municipality within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Umzimvubu, the name of the Mzimvubu River, is an isiXhosa word meaning "home of the hippopotamus". The municipal area comprises an area of 2506 square kilometres. The municipality has undergone a number of amendments in terms of municipal and ward demarcation which has a profound impact on planning in the area.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amahlubi 23801 92.172,814 Xhosa
Bakoena 23802 528.4031,417 Sotho
Bhele 23803 2.66540Xhosa
Fikeni 23804 142.3015,767Xhosa
Hlubi 23805 52.814,233Xhosa
Ludidi 23806 281.3313,846Xhosa
Lupindo 23807 187.8912,034Xhosa
Lwandlolubomvu 23808 3.76787Xhosa
Makaula 23809 1,488.73100,632Xhosa
Malubelube 23810 68.6821,730Xhosa
Mandileni 296083
296101
296102
296149		11.702,267Xhosa
Manguzela 23812 117.5412,044Xhosa
Matandela 23813 98.754,985Xhosa
Maxesibeni 23814 97.925,512Xhosa
Mosesh 23815 474.5435,501Sotho
Mount Ayliff 23816 19.524,881Xhosa
Mount Frere 23817 14.747,655Xhosa
Mpoza 23818 210.0411,604Xhosa
Mzongwana 23819 244.8413,100Xhosa
Sibi 23820 326.4230,275Xhosa
Umzimvubu Part 1 23821 55.552,268Xhosa
Umzimvubu Part 2 23825 162.00721Xhosa
Xesibe 23822 385.5941,825Xhosa

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 forty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 38,16977.602837,35276.091442
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,8849.9304,95510.0966
Democratic Alliance 2,0424.1502,0184.1122
African Transformation Movement 1,3522.7501,3702.7922
United Democratic Movement 1,2642.5701,3102.6722
African Independent Congress 5851.1901,4482.9511
Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party 3300.6702080.4200
Independent candidates 3790.7700
Socialist Party of South Africa 990.2002410.4900
Independent South African National Civic Organisation 860.1701880.3800
Total49,190100.002849,090100.002755
Valid votes49,19097.9349,09097.79
Invalid/blank votes1,0422.071,1112.21
Total votes50,232100.0050,201100.00
Registered voters/turnout106,76047.05106,76047.02

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The Umzimvubu Local Municipality council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 forty-two 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 [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Umzimvubu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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