Intsika Yethu Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Intsika Yethu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Intsika Yethu is an isiXhosa name meaning "our pillars".[1]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amabhele | 22201 | 50.39 | 2,901 |
| Amahlubi | 22202 | 373.66 | 21,761 |
| Amazizi | 22203 | 153.62 | 6,614 |
| Cofimvaba Part 1 | 22204 | 23.22 | 4,654 |
| Cofimvaba Part 2 | 22225 | 46.48 | 3,612 |
| Ehlatini | 22205 | 123.15 | 2,650 |
| Emaqwatini | 22206 | 171.21 | 7,629 |
| Engcobo | 22207 | 18.42 | 1,054 |
| Gcaleka | 22208 | 45.97 | 4,041 |
| Gcuwa | 22209 | 90.10 | 4,824 |
| Hala | 22210 | 598.02 | 27,005 |
| Idutywa | 22211 | 80.35 | 5,513 |
| Intsika Yethu | 22212 | 9.29 | 30 |
| Jumba | 22213 | 91.59 | 6,216 |
| KwaNkwenkwazi | 22214 | 187.20 | 11,575 |
| Lady Frere | 22215 | 12.46 | 217 |
| Mhlontlo | 22216 | 28.79 | 597 |
| Mtshanyana | 22217 | 273.57 | 12,211 |
| Ncora | 22218 | 177.97 | 9,755 |
| Ndlunkulu | 22219 | 73.11 | 4,322 |
| Ndungwana | 22220 | 267.03 | 12,069 |
| Qamata | 22221 | 478.40 | 31,056 |
| Qwebeqwebe | 22222 | 135.96 | 7,869 |
| Tsomo Part 1 | 22223 | 74.21 | 3,666 |
| Tsomo Part 2 | 22226 | 6.80 | 979 |
| Xalanga | 22224 | 27.93 | 1,441 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFB300;" data-sort-value="United Democratic Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008718;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #046D2A;" data-sort-value="African People's Convention" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF8040;" data-sort-value="National Freedom Party" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 37,165 | 37,956 | 75,121 | 88.1 | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| COPE | 1,908 | 1,958 | 3,866 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| UDM | 1,656 | 1,466 | 3,122 | 3.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| PAC | 517 | 555 | 1,072 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| DA | 504 | 445 | 949 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| APC | 217 | 360 | 577 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Movement | 276 | 220 | 496 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IFP | 55 | – | 55 | 0.1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| NFP | 16 | – | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 42,314 | 42,960 | 85,274 | 100.0 | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| Spoilt votes | 706 | 645 | 1,351 | |||||
References
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Intsika Yethu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Intsika Yethu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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