Sakhisizwe Local Municipality
Sakhisizwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Sakhisizwe is an isiXhosa name meaning "we are building the nation".[4]
Sakhisizwe | |
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.svg.png.webp) Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 30°55′S 26°41′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
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| 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
The 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 13,491 | 13,287 | 26,778 | 82.1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,158 | 1,152 | 2,310 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 739 | 750 | 1,489 | 4.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| UDM | 437 | 449 | 886 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 272 | 257 | 529 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 129 | 153 | 282 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 149 | 125 | 274 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Movement | 19 | 63 | 82 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,394 | 16,236 | 32,630 | 100.0 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Spoilt votes | 526 | 647 | 1,173 | |||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- South African Languages - Place names
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Sakhisizwe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Sakhisizwe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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