Great Kei Local Municipality

Great Kei Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amathole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The name "Kei" is of Khoi origin, meaning "sand". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River.[3]

Great Kei
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Seat	Qumrha
Wards	7
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ngenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC)
• Speaker	Ngenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Ndileka Kantshashe (ANC)
Area
• Total	1,736 km^2 (670 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	38,991
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	91.3%
• Coloured	1.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	7.1%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Xhosa	88.8%
• English	7.0%
• Afrikaans	2.7%
• Other	1.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC123

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Chintsa East	21202	3.80	1,317
Chintsa	21201	2.57	423
Cwili	21203	0.51	1,473
Haga Haga	21205	1.20	114
Kei Mouth	21206	3.20	284
Komga	21207	5.32	1,267
Kwelera Point	21209	0.36	96
Kwelera	21208	50.83	8,941
Mooiplaas	21210	145.07	17,281
Morgans Bay	21211	1.36	453
Ocean View	21212	0.17	67
Qumrha	21213	1.94	5,652
Remainder of the municipality	21204	1,519.30	7,087

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 nine 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	7,237	7,604	14,841	70.8	5	4	9
	Democratic Alliance	1,986	2,026	4,012	19.1	1	1	2
	Independent	1,034	–	1,034	4.9	1	–	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	489	523	1,012	4.8	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	22	48	70	0.3	0	0	0
Total		10,768	10,201	20,969	100.0	7	6	13
Spoilt votes		133	286	419

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. South African Languages - Place names
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Great Kei" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Great Kei" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

External links

• http://www.greatkeilm.gov.za/