Nkonkobe Local Municipality

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Nkonkobe
Former local municipality
Nkonkobe CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Eastern Cape with Nkonkobe highlighted.svg
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Seat Fort Beaufort
Wards 21
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorAnele Ntsangani
Area
 • Total3,626 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total127,115
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 94.5%
 •  Coloured 4.0%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.2%
 •  White 1.0%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Xhosa 90.1%
 •  Afrikaans 5.0%
 •  English 2.7%
 • Other2.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC127

Nkonkobe Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Winterberg mountain range, Nkonkobe in isiXhosa. [3] The seat, as well as most offices, of the Municipality are in Fort Beaufort, but the Council's chambers in Alice are generally used for council meetings, being better equipped. Other towns served by the municipality are Seymour, Balfour, Hogsback and Middledrift. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Alice 21601 21.978,009
Amagqunukwebe 21602 576.5735,694
Amagwala 21603 57.03854
Amajingqi 21604 161.5711,441
Amakhuze 21605 30.492,525
Balfour 21606 4.822,428
Bellvale 21607 2.00468
Bhofolo 21608 2.5412,098
Blinkwater 21609 5.171,041
Ekuphumuleni 21610 1.79436
Fort Beaufort 21611 46.1910,093
Gaga 21612 75.067,956
Gaika-Mbo 21613 69.152,796
Hogsback 21614 6.78648
Imingcangathelo 21615 24.564,849
Jingqi 21616 0.44190
Mhlangeni 21617 1.49116
Middledrift 21618 2.12665
Mlungisi 21619 1.23307
Moreson 21620 1.4884
Mpofu 21621 704.063,665
Ngqika 21622 18.991,580
Ngwalana 21623 32.971,922
Seymour 21625 2.211,552
Tamboekie Vlei 21626 1.18344
Tyhume 21627 116.928,238
Victoria East 21628 318.905,941
Remainder of the municipality 21624 1,437.772,727

Politics

The municipal council consisted of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty 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 thirty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5] [6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 29,34231,92361,26582.8201535
COPE 2,0722,2484,3205.8022
Democratic Alliance 1,8001,8343,6344.9022
Independent 3,339–3,3394.51–1
PAC 7574881,2451.7011
UDM 192052240.3000
Total37,32936,69874,027100.0212041
Spoilt votes1,1841,7022,886

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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. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkonkobe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nkonkobe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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