Port St. Johns Local Municipality

Port St Johns
Local municipality

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Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District OR Tambo
Seat Port St. Johns
Wards 20
Government[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Dm Mangqo
Area
  Total 1,291 km2 (498 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
  Total 156,136
  Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
  Black African 99.3%
  Coloured 0.4%
  Indian/Asian 0.1%
  White 0.2%
First languages (2011)[3]
  Xhosa 95.0%
  English 2.7%
  Other 2.3%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code EC154

Port St. Johns Local Municipality 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 Most spoken language
Amakwalo 2330157.815,165Xhosa
Bomvini 23302253.6725,094Xhosa
Emtweni 23303221.6822,729Xhosa
Gunyeni 2330463.0315,408Xhosa
Manzamhlophe 23305133.7513,394Xhosa
Mvumelwano 23306315.7031,342Xhosa
Ndluzula 23307195.1122,123Xhosa
Port St Johns Part 1 233088.795,181Xhosa
Port St Johns Part 2 233100.80289Xhosa
Qaukeni 2330937.945,420Xhosa

Main languages

The 2001 census recorded the following first languages: 98.69% IsiXhosa; 0.64% English; 0.20% Afrikaans; 0.13% IsiZulu; 0.12% SiSwati; 0.08% IsiNdebele; 0.06% Sesotho; and 0.08% other languages.

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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-two 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 29,073 31,451 60,524 82.2 17 15 32
Independent 5,285 5,285 7.2 3 3
Democratic Alliance 1,659 1,488 3,147 4.3 0 2 2
United Democratic Movement 1,001 1,400 2,401 3.3 0 1 1
Congress of the People 793 1,210 2,003 2.7 0 1 1
African People's Convention 12 267 279 0.4 0 0 0
Total 37,823 35,816 73,639 100.0 20 19 39
Spoilt votes 1,043 2,662 3,705

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: Port St Johns" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Port St Johns" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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Coordinates: 31°37′42″S 29°32′16″E / 31.62833°S 29.53778°E / -31.62833; 29.53778

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