Ingquza Hill Local Municipality

Ingquza Hill Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Ingquza Hill), previously known as Qaukeni Municipality, is a local municipality within the OR Tambo District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Ingquza Hill
Official seal of Ingquza Hill
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictOR Tambo
SeatFlagstaff
Wards31
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBB Goya (ANC)
 • SpeakerNtandokazi Yolisa Chapa (ANC)
 • Chief WhipMbongeni Isaac Nkungu (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,477 km2 (956 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total278,481
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa94.6%
 • English2.2%
 • Other3.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC153
An aerial view of Mboyti, a small settlement and coastal resort located in the Ingquza Hill Local Municipality close to the town of Lusikisiki on the mouth of the Mboyti River.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Amakwalo 23201 123.86 8,467
Amanci 23202 5.21 706
Amantlane 23203 117.16 12,588
Awahlwazi 23204 25.03 4,082
Bala 23205 134.39 15,995
Emtweni 23206 53.32 2,023
Flagstaff 23207 13.77 3,069
Gunyeni 23208 45.12 13,493
Lusikisiki 23209 21.04 9,079
Lwandlolubomvu 23210 1.24 78
Mkambati 23211 173.29 800
Mtshayelo 23212 14.63 1,980
Mxobo 23213 86.08 9,632
Ndimakude 23214 16.10 1,765
Sipaqeni 23216 249.31 34,069
Taweni 23217 342.85 35,362
Xopozo 23218 79.49 7,835
Remainder of the municipality 23215 958.25 94,357

Politics

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The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress41,47867.232844,52975.841846
Economic Freedom Fighters5,1568.3605,5309.4266
Independent candidates7,65812.4144
Civic Independent1,7712.8702,0683.5222
Democratic Alliance1,8142.9401,5132.5822
African Transformation Movement1,2111.9601,3692.3311
United Democratic Movement1,0621.7201,1842.0211
African Independent Congress3820.6209721.6611
African People's Convention4860.7904110.7011
Congress of the People2920.4703920.6700
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania1840.3002440.4200
African Christian Democratic Party1930.3101850.3200
Inkatha Freedom Party60.0103210.5500
Total61,693100.003258,718100.003264
Valid votes61,69397.5058,71894.55
Invalid/blank votes1,5812.503,3835.45
Total votes63,274100.0062,101100.00
Registered voters/turnout139,51745.35139,51744.51

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "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[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ingquza Hill". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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