Makana Local Municipality

Makana
Local municipality

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Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Sarah Baartman
Seat Grahamstown
Wards 14
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Zamuxolo Peter (ANC)
 • Municipal Manager Dr Pravine Naidoo[2]
Area
 • Total 4,376 km2 (1,690 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 80,390
 • Density 18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[3]
 • Black African 78.0%
 • Coloured 12.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.7%
 • White 8.7%
First languages (2011)[4]
 • Xhosa 71.5%
 • Afrikaans 14.8%
 • English 10.5%
 • Other 3.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code EC104

Makana Local Municipality is the local municipality which governs the town of Grahamstown and surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It forms part of the Sarah Baartman District Municipality. The municipality is named after a Xhosa prophet, Makana.[5]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodePopulationArea (km2)Most spoken language
Alicedale2640051,9323.9Afrikaans
Grahamstown26400450,21762.7Xhosa
KwaNonzwakazi2640061,9400.8Xhosa
Rhini26400317,0472.4Xhosa
Riebeek East26400175322.5Xhosa
Sidbury2640071157.9Xhosa
Non-urban areas2640028,3864,275.5Xhosa
Total80,3904,375.6Xhosa

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 14,08715,07829,16561.811617
Democratic Alliance 6,9117,13414,04529.8358
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,1271,3822,5095.3022
Independent 898–8981.90–0
Azanian People's Organisation 1422083500.7000
United Democratic Movement 01951950.4000
Total 23,16523,99747,162100.0141327
Spoilt votes 363402765

Friendship Co-operation Agreement

In February 2011, Makana Municipality entered into a "Friendship Co-operation Agreement" with Raseborg Municipality in Finland. The project, which is to last three years, seeks to facilitate information sharing in the fields of economic development, arts & culture, women development, youth development, and education.[9]

Provincial Administration

On 28 August 2014 the Municipality was placed under administration in response to financial and infrastructural crises.[10] The interim administration order, made in terms of section 139(1)(b) of the South African Constitution, is expected to be reviewed after three months.[11] Shortly after the administration order was announced, news of a damning forensic report — the Kabuso report — naming several municipal officials purported to be involved in financial impropriety was made public.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Municipal Manager Makana Municipality". Makana Municipality. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  6. ↑ "Makana Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  7. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Makana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Makana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Finland Trip Feeback". Makana Municipality. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "Gordhan seals Makana handover". Grocott's Mail. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  11. ↑ "Makana under administration for 3 months". The New Age. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  12. ↑ "Names behind Makana fiasco". Times Media Group. Retrieved 2014-09-03.

Coordinates: 33°17′S 26°31′E / 33.283°S 26.517°E / -33.283; 26.517

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