Ingquza Hill Local Municipality
Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, previously known as Qaukeni, is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Ingquza Hill | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Eastern Cape | |
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | OR Tambo |
Seat | Flagstaff |
Wards | 31 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | BB Goya (ANC) |
• Speaker | Ntandokazi Yolisa Chapa (ANC) |
• Chief Whip | Mbongeni Isaac Nkungu (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,477 km2 (956 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 278,481 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.2% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 94.6% |
• English | 2.2% |
• Other | 3.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | EC153 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Amakwalo | 23201 | 123.86 | 8,467 |
Amanci | 23202 | 5.21 | 706 |
Amantlane | 23203 | 117.16 | 12,588 |
Awahlwazi | 23204 | 25.03 | 4,082 |
Bala | 23205 | 134.39 | 15,995 |
Emtweni | 23206 | 53.32 | 2,023 |
Flagstaff | 23207 | 13.77 | 3,069 |
Gunyeni | 23208 | 45.12 | 13,493 |
Lusikisiki | 23209 | 21.04 | 9,079 |
Lwandlolubomvu | 23210 | 1.24 | 78 |
Mkambati | 23211 | 173.29 | 800 |
Mtshayelo | 23212 | 14.63 | 1,980 |
Mxobo | 23213 | 86.08 | 9,632 |
Ndimakude | 23214 | 16.10 | 1,765 |
Sipaqeni | 23216 | 249.31 | 34,069 |
Taweni | 23217 | 342.85 | 35,362 |
Xopozo | 23218 | 79.49 | 7,835 |
Remainder of the municipality | 23215 | 958.25 | 94,357 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
African National Congress | 57,013 | 57,800 | 114,813 | 83.5 | 31 | 22 | 53 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,897 | 4,073 | 7,970 | 5.8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Democratic Alliance | 2,491 | 2,345 | 4,836 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
United Democratic Movement | 1,442 | 1,590 | 3,032 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
African Independent Congress | 401 | 2,046 | 2,447 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 1,593 | – | 1,593 | 1.2 | 0 | – | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 474 | 438 | 912 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 422 | 483 | 905 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 243 | 137 | 380 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Socialist Party | 193 | 151 | 344 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 81 | 208 | 289 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 68,250 | 69,271 | 137,521 | 100.0 | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
Spoilt votes | 2,328 | 2,058 | 4,386 |
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ingquza Hill" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Ingquza Hill" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.