Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality

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Inxuba Yethemba
Local municipality
Inxuba Yethemba CoA.png
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Map of the Eastern Cape with Inxuba Yethemba highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°11′S25°37′E / 32.183°S 25.617°E / -32.183; 25.617
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Chris Hani
Seat Cradock
Wards 9
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorRaymond Zenzile Shweni (ANC)
 • SpeakerMaria Nortje (ANC)
 • Chief WhipThembisile Bobo (ANC)
Area
 • Total11,663 km2 (4,503 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total65,560
 • Density5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 56.2%
 •  Coloured 32.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 10.5%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 50.0%
 •  Afrikaans 44.6%
 •  English 3.1%
 • Other2.3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC131

Inxuba Yethemba Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala wase Inxuba Yethemba; Afrikaans : Inxuba Yethemba Munisipaliteit), formerly known as Cradock Municipality, is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Cradock.

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Politics

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats on the council. [3] [4]

The following table shows the results of the election.

Inxuba Yethemba local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 7,5197,66515,18453.0%5510
Democratic Alliance 5,7075,64511,35239.7%437
Patriotic Alliance 3463877332.6%011
Economic Freedom Fighters 3293987272.5%000
Freedom Front Plus 1521563081.1%000
Independent candidates 269–2690.9%0–0
African Transformation Movement 1640560.2%000
Total14,33814,29128,6299918
Valid votes14,33814,29128,62998.0%
Spoilt votes 2843035872.0%
Total votes cast14,62214,59429,216
Voter turnout14,639
Registered voters29,691
Turnout percentage49.3%

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Cradock 21801 123.9912,327
KwaNonzame 21803 2.755,591
Lingelihle 21804 4.9218,966
Middelburg 21805 160.1012,523
Remainder of the municipality 21802 11,302.8910,891

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables – Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
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