Ingquza Hill Local Municipality
Ingquza Hill | |
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Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | OR Tambo |
Seat | Flagstaff |
Wards | 31 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | BB Goya (ANC) |
• Speaker | Ntandokazi Yolisa Chapa (ANC) |
• Chief Whip | Mbongeni Isaac Nkungu (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,477 km2 (956 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 278,481 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.2% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 94.6% |
• English | 2.2% |
• Other | 3.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | EC153 |
Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, previously known as Qaukeni, is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Amakwalo | 23201 | 123.86 | 8,467 |
Amanci | 23202 | 5.21 | 706 |
Amantlane | 23203 | 117.16 | 12,588 |
Awahlwazi | 23204 | 25.03 | 4,082 |
Bala | 23205 | 134.39 | 15,995 |
Emtweni | 23206 | 53.32 | 2,023 |
Flagstaff | 23207 | 13.77 | 3,069 |
Gunyeni | 23208 | 45.12 | 13,493 |
Lusikisiki | 23209 | 21.04 | 9,079 |
Lwandlolubomvu | 23210 | 1.24 | 78 |
Mkambati | 23211 | 173.29 | 800 |
Mtshayelo | 23212 | 14.63 | 1,980 |
Mxobo | 23213 | 86.08 | 9,632 |
Ndimakude | 23214 | 16.10 | 1,765 |
Sipaqeni | 23216 | 249.31 | 34,069 |
Taweni | 23217 | 342.85 | 35,362 |
Xopozo | 23218 | 79.49 | 7,835 |
Remainder of the municipality | 23215 | 958.25 | 94,357 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFB300;" data-sort-value="United Democratic Movement" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffb543;" data-sort-value="African Independent Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #007500;" data-sort-value="African People's Convention" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="African People's Socialist Party (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #008718;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" |Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 57,013 | 57,800 | 114,813 | 83.5 | 31 | 22 | 53 | |
EFF | 3,897 | 4,073 | 7,970 | 5.8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
DA | 2,491 | 2,345 | 4,836 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
UDM | 1,442 | 1,590 | 3,032 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
AIC | 401 | 2,046 | 2,447 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 1,593 | – | 1,593 | 1.2 | 0 | – | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 474 | 438 | 912 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
COPE | 422 | 483 | 905 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ACDP | 243 | 137 | 380 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Socialist Party | 193 | 151 | 344 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PAC | 81 | 208 | 289 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 68,250 | 69,271 | 137,521 | 100.0 | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
Spoilt votes | 2,328 | 2,058 | 4,386 |
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ingquza Hill" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Ingquza Hill" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.