Amahlathi Local Municipality
Amahlathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of the area.[4]
Amahlathi | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Amathole |
Seat | Stutterheim |
Wards | 20 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Agnes Hobo (ANC) |
• Speaker | Mxolisi Mjikelo (ANC) |
• Chief Whip | Dumisani Mzili (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,820 km2 (1,860 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 122,778 |
• Density | 25/km2 (66/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 96.5% |
• Coloured | 1.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 2.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 93.4% |
• English | 2.9% |
• Afrikaans | 2.0% |
• Other | 1.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | EC124 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Amahlathi | 21301 | 86.06 | 11,511 |
Amantinde | 21302 | 2.83 | 2,148 |
Amazizi | 21303 | 258.26 | 13,230 |
Cathcart | 21304 | 51.47 | 2,073 |
Cumakala | 21305 | 3.48 | 12,424 |
Daliwe | 21306 | 0.53 | 2,704 |
Dohne | 21307 | 0.42 | 0 |
Eluxolweni | 21308 | 11.66 | 2,372 |
Emthonjeni | 21309 | 7.17 | 1,242 |
Frankfort | 21310 | 0.28 | 362 |
Gxulu | 21311 | 0.73 | 96 |
Heckel | 21312 | 6.07 | 462 |
Hlubi | 21313 | 1.00 | 2,145 |
Katikati | 21314 | 8.16 | 3,212 |
Keiskammahoek North | 21316 | 370.99 | 22,455 |
Keiskammahoek | 21315 | 5.38 | 2,302 |
Lusikisiki | 21317 | 18.49 | 523 |
Marienthal | 21318 | 0.73 | 130 |
Ngqika | 21319 | 172.63 | 9,534 |
Peelton | 21320 | 18.86 | 13,035 |
Stutterheim Part 1 | 21321 | 67.58 | 5,052 |
Stutterheim Part 2 | 21327 | 6.17 | 4,962 |
Toise | 21322 | 73.59 | 2,757 |
Zali's Location | 21323 | 19.14 | 1,364 |
Zibula | 21324 | 49.76 | 3,570 |
Zwelitsha | 21325 | 37.74 | 8,651 |
Remainder of the municipality | 21326 | 2,986.57 | 10,705 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen 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 twenty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 21,457 | 21,833 | 43,290 | 77.6 | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
Democratic Alliance | 2,395 | 2,462 | 4,857 | 8.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,249 | 2,326 | 4,575 | 8.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Independent | 1,537 | – | 1,537 | 2.8 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 304 | 365 | 669 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Residents Front | 174 | 177 | 351 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UDM | 0 | 186 | 186 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 76 | 68 | 144 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Movement | 48 | 75 | 123 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peoples Alliance | 13 | 42 | 55 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 28,253 | 27,534 | 55,787 | 100.0 | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
Spoilt votes | 529 | 957 | 1,486 |
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: Amahlathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Amahlathi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2016.