Sakhisizwe Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Sakhisizwe) is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Sakhisizwe is an isiXhosa word meaning "we are building the nation".[3]
Sakhisizwe | |
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 Seal | |
.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 30°55′S 26°41′E / 30.917°S 26.683°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Chris Hani |
| Seat | Cala |
| Wards | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Buyiswa Ntsere (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Kholiswa Faku (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Andile Sondlo (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,355 km2 (909 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 63,582 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 1.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 92.2% |
| • English | 2.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.8% |
| • Sign language | 1.2% |
| • Other | 2.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC138 |
Main places
editThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cala Part 1 | 22501 | 23.10 | 11,479 |
| Cala Part 2 | 22510 | 14.20 | 280 |
| Ehlatini | 22502 | 89.40 | 3,971 |
| Elliot | 22503 | 28.68 | 10,965 |
| Engcobo | 22504 | 20.85 | 1,422 |
| Eqolombeni | 22505 | 149.28 | 5,833 |
| Masibambane | 22506 | 0.44 | 4,123 |
| Sidindi | 22508 | 12.14 | 182 |
| Xalanga | 22509 | 215.01 | 11,546 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 22507 | 1,703.50 | 4,233 |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 thirteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 9,609 | 67.16 | 9 | 10,299 | 73.07 | 4 | 13 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,097 | 7.67 | 0 | 1,238 | 8.78 | 2 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 935 | 6.53 | 0 | 1,034 | 7.34 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,424 | 9.95 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| African Transformation Movement | 473 | 3.31 | 0 | 484 | 3.43 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 288 | 2.01 | 0 | 458 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 185 | 1.29 | 0 | 313 | 2.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khowa Residents Association | 175 | 1.22 | 0 | 269 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drakensberg Concerned Residents | 122 | 0.85 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 14,308 | 100.00 | 9 | 14,095 | 100.00 | 8 | 17 | |
| Valid votes | 14,308 | 97.60 | 14,095 | 97.30 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 352 | 2.40 | 391 | 2.70 | ||||
| Total votes | 14,660 | 100.00 | 14,486 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 30,028 | 48.82 | 30,028 | 48.24 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Sakhisizwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 March 2022.