Tsolwana Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Tsolwana Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Tsolwana is an isiXhosa name which means "something with a sharp ending or a tip", referring the mountains around the whole area.[1] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaqwati | 21901 | 34.36 | 7,777 |
| Amavundle | 21902 | 19.74 | 7,589 |
| Basoto | 21903 | 5.44 | 4,523 |
| Hofmeyer | 21904 | 4.57 | 3,199 |
| Lammermoor | 21905 | 1.09 | 3 |
| Tarka | 21906 | 1.89 | 1,858 |
| Zola | 21908 | 1.15 | 3,612 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 21907 | 5,956.66 | 3,949 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five 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 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: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFB300;" data-sort-value="United Democratic Movement" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 7,405 | 7,684 | 15,089 | 73.5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| COPE | 644 | 1,296 | 1,940 | 9.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| DA | 751 | 973 | 1,724 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1,618 | – | 1,618 | 7.9 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| UDM | 26 | 142 | 168 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10,444 | 10,095 | 20,539 | 100.0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Spoilt votes | 218 | 328 | 546 | |||||
References
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Tsolwana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Tsolwana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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