Port St. Johns Local Municipality

Port St. Johns Local Municipality is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.

Port St Johns
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictOR Tambo
SeatPort St. Johns
Wards20
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNomvuzo Mlombile-Cingo (ANC)
 • SpeakerBulelwa Nokhanda (ANC)
 • Chief WhipCebisa Mazuza (ANC)
Area
 • Total1,291 km2 (498 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total156,136
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.3%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa95.0%
 • English2.7%
 • Other2.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC154

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amakwalo2330157.815,165Xhosa
Bomvini23302253.6725,094Xhosa
Emtweni23303221.6822,729Xhosa
Gunyeni2330463.0315,408Xhosa
Manzamhlophe23305133.7513,394Xhosa
Mvumelwano23306315.7031,342Xhosa
Ndluzula23307195.1122,123Xhosa
Port St Johns Part 1233088.795,181Xhosa
Port St Johns Part 2233100.80289Xhosa
Qaukeni2330937.945,420Xhosa

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 33,07233,04266,11479.5201131
Civic Independent 2,7622,5885,3506.4033
Democratic Alliance 2,4062,3404,7465.7022
United Democratic Movement 1,6921,8773,5694.3022
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,2431,1842,4272.9011
Independent 393–3930.50–0
Congress of the People 1342413750.4000
Pan Africanist Congress 91211300.2000
African Christian Democratic Party 1483970.1000
Total 41,72541,47683,201100.0201939
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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. "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 22 December 2016.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Port St Johns" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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