Ingquza Hill Local Municipality

Ingquza Hill
Local municipality

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Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District OR Tambo
Seat Flagstaff
Wards 31
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Jongintaba Mdingi
Area
 • Total 2,477 km2 (956 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 278,481
 • Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 99.2%
 • Coloured 0.4%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 0.1%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Xhosa 94.6%
 • English 2.2%
 • Other 3.2%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
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
Amakwalo 23201123.868,467
Amanci 232025.21706
Amantlane 23203117.1612,588
Awahlwazi 2320425.034,082
Bala 23205134.3915,995
Emtweni 2320653.322,023
Flagstaff 2320713.773,069
Gunyeni 2320845.1213,493
Lusikisiki 2320921.049,079
Lwandlolubomvu 232101.2478
Mkambati 23211173.29800
Mtshayelo 2321214.631,980
Mxobo 2321386.089,632
Ndimakude 2321416.101,765
Sipaqeni 23216249.3134,069
Taweni 23217342.8535,362
Xopozo 2321879.497,835
Remainder of the municipality 23215958.2594,357

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 56,626 56,846 113,472 89.0 31 24 55
Congress of the People 4,151 4,046 8,197 6.4 0 4 4
United Democratic Movement 947 967 1,914 1.5 0 1 1
Democratic Alliance 688 1,024 1,712 1.3 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress 923 483 1,406 1.1 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 537 248 785 0.6 0 0 0
Total 63,872 63,614 127,486 100.0 31 31 62
Spoilt votes 1,723 1,210 2,933

References

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

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