Matatiele Local Municipality

Matatiele Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Alfred Nzo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.

Matatiele
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAlfred Nzo
SeatMatatiele
Wards26
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMomelezi Mbedla (ANC)
 • SpeakerNomasomi Mshuqwana (ANC)
 • Chief WhipSonwabile Mngenela (ANC)
Area
 • Total4,352 km2 (1,680 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total203,843
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.1%
 • Coloured0.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa57.4%
 • Sotho33.3%
 • English2.9%
 • Zulu1.9%
 • Other4.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC441

The name is derived from the Sesotho language and it means "the ducks have flown", in an apparent reference to the abundance of waterfowl that even today inhabit the surrounding pools and marshes.[4]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Cedarville5490112.192,064Xhosa
Harry Gwala Park549020.872,778Xhosa
Itsokolele549030.401,426Xhosa
Matatiele549046.745,214Xhosa
Mzingisi549050.15434Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality549061,396.304,303Xhosa

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-five 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-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 40,77241,68482,45673.6261238
Democratic Alliance 5,3494,5229,8718.8055
African Independent Congress 4,0683,9187,9867.1044
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,8153,8107,6256.8033
United Democratic Movement 6311,5362,1671.9011
Independent 1,092–1,0921.00–0
African People's Convention 3203827020.6000
His Lordship to Save and Lead Party 441451890.2000
Total 56,09155,997112,088100.0262551
Spoilt votes 1,7341,8373,571

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. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Matatiele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Matatiele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.