Nkonkobe Local Municipality

Nkonkobe
Former local municipality

Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Seat Fort Beaufort
Wards 21
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Anele Ntsangani
Area
 • Total 3,626 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 127,115
 • Density 35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 94.5%
 • Coloured 4.0%
 • Indian/Asian 0.2%
 • White 1.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Xhosa 90.1%
 • Afrikaans 5.0%
 • English 2.7%
 • Other 2.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code EC127

Nkonkobe Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Winterberg mountain range, Nkonkobe in isiXhosa.[4] The seat, as well as most offices, of the Municipality are in Fort Beaufort, but the Council's chambers in Alice are generally used for council meetings, being better equipped. Other towns served by the municipality are Seymour, Balfour, Hogsback and Middledrift. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Alice2160121.978,009
Amagqunukwebe21602576.5735,694
Amagwala2160357.03854
Amajingqi21604161.5711,441
Amakhuze2160530.492,525
Balfour216064.822,428
Bellvale216072.00468
Bhofolo216082.5412,098
Blinkwater216095.171,041
Ekuphumuleni216101.79436
Fort Beaufort2161146.1910,093
Gaga2161275.067,956
Gaika-Mbo2161369.152,796
Hogsback216146.78648
Imingcangathelo2161524.564,849
Jingqi216160.44190
Mhlangeni216171.49116
Middledrift216182.12665
Mlungisi216191.23307
Moreson216201.4884
Mpofu21621704.063,665
Ngqika2162218.991,580
Ngwalana2162332.971,922
Seymour216252.211,552
Tamboekie Vlei216261.18344
Tyhume21627116.928,238
Victoria East21628318.905,941
Remainder of the municipality216241,437.772,727

Politics

The municipal council consisted of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 29,34231,92361,26582.8201535
Congress of the People 2,0722,2484,3205.8022
Democratic Alliance 1,8001,8343,6344.9022
Independent 3,339–3,3394.51–1
Pan Africanist Congress 7574881,2451.7011
United Democratic Movement 192052240.3000
Total 37,32936,69874,027100.0212041
Spoilt votes 1,1841,7022,886

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. 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. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkonkobe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nkonkobe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Coordinates: 32°47′S 26°38′E / 32.783°S 26.633°E / -32.783; 26.633

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