Amahlathi Local Municipality

Amahlathi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Seat	Stutterheim
Wards	20
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	M Peter
Area
• Total	4,820 km^2 (1,860 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	122,778
• Density	25/km^2 (66/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	96.5%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	2.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Xhosa	93.4%
• English	2.9%
• Afrikaans	2.0%
• Other	1.7%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	EC124

Amahlathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of the area.^[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Amahlathi	21301	86.06	11,511
Amantinde	21302	2.83	2,148
Amazizi	21303	258.26	13,230
Cathcart	21304	51.47	2,073
Cumakala	21305	3.48	12,424
Daliwe	21306	0.53	2,704
Dohne	21307	0.42	0
Eluxolweni	21308	11.66	2,372
Emthonjeni	21309	7.17	1,242
Frankfort	21310	0.28	362
Gxulu	21311	0.73	96
Heckel	21312	6.07	462
Hlubi	21313	1.00	2,145
Katikati	21314	8.16	3,212
Keiskammahoek North	21316	370.99	22,455
Keiskammahoek	21315	5.38	2,302
Lusikisiki	21317	18.49	523
Marienthal	21318	0.73	130
Ngqika	21319	172.63	9,534
Peelton	21320	18.86	13,035
Stutterheim Part 1	21321	67.58	5,052
Stutterheim Part 2	21327	6.17	4,962
Toise	21322	73.59	2,757
Zali's Location	21323	19.14	1,364
Zibula	21324	49.76	3,570
Zwelitsha	21325	37.74	8,651
Remainder of the municipality	21326	2,986.57	10,705

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	29,355	29,829	59,184	81.3	20	13	33
	Congress of the People	2,743	2,936	5,679	7.8	0	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,935	1,802	3,737	5.1	0	2	2
	Cathcart Residents Association	689	656	1,345	1.8	0	1	1
	Independent	1,082	–	1,082	1.5	0	–	0
	United Democratic Movement	343	423	766	1.1	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	374	169	543	0.7	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	43	292	335	0.5	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	47	103	150	0.2	0	0	0
Total		36,611	36,210	72,821	100.0	20	20	40
Spoilt votes		674	709	1,383

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Amahlathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Amahlathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• http://www.amahlathi.gov.za

Coordinates: 32°34′19″S 27°25′35″E / 32.57194°S 27.42639°E