Nkonkobe Local Municipality
Nkonkobe | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Seat | Fort Beaufort |
| Wards | 21 |
| Government | |
| • 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) | |
| • Black African | 94.5% |
| • Coloured | 4.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 1.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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.[3] 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
[edit]The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice | 21601 | 21.97 | 8,009 |
| Amagqunukwebe | 21602 | 576.57 | 35,694 |
| Amagwala | 21603 | 57.03 | 854 |
| Amajingqi | 21604 | 161.57 | 11,441 |
| Amakhuze | 21605 | 30.49 | 2,525 |
| Balfour | 21606 | 4.82 | 2,428 |
| Bellvale | 21607 | 2.00 | 468 |
| Bhofolo | 21608 | 2.54 | 12,098 |
| Blinkwater | 21609 | 5.17 | 1,041 |
| Ekuphumuleni | 21610 | 1.79 | 436 |
| Fort Beaufort | 21611 | 46.19 | 10,093 |
| Gaga | 21612 | 75.06 | 7,956 |
| Gaika-Mbo | 21613 | 69.15 | 2,796 |
| Hogsback | 21614 | 6.78 | 648 |
| Imingcangathelo | 21615 | 24.56 | 4,849 |
| Jingqi | 21616 | 0.44 | 190 |
| Mhlangeni | 21617 | 1.49 | 116 |
| Middledrift | 21618 | 2.12 | 665 |
| Mlungisi | 21619 | 1.23 | 307 |
| Moreson | 21620 | 1.48 | 84 |
| Mpofu | 21621 | 704.06 | 3,665 |
| Ngqika | 21622 | 18.99 | 1,580 |
| Ngwalana | 21623 | 32.97 | 1,922 |
| Seymour | 21625 | 2.21 | 1,552 |
| Tamboekie Vlei | 21626 | 1.18 | 344 |
| Tyhume | 21627 | 116.92 | 8,238 |
| Victoria East | 21628 | 318.90 | 5,941 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 21624 | 1,437.77 | 2,727 |
Politics
[edit]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.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 29,342 | 31,923 | 61,265 | 82.8 | 20 | 15 | 35 | |
| COPE | 2,072 | 2,248 | 4,320 | 5.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| DA | 1,800 | 1,834 | 3,634 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent | 3,339 | – | 3,339 | 4.5 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| PAC | 757 | 488 | 1,245 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| UDM | 19 | 205 | 224 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 37,329 | 36,698 | 74,027 | 100.0 | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,184 | 1,702 | 2,886 | |||||
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[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkonkobe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nkonkobe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
