Great Kei Local Municipality
Great Kei Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amathole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The name "Kei" is of Khoi origin, meaning "sand". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River.[3]
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Seat | Qumrha |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Ngenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Ngenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Ndileka Kantshashe (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,736 km2 (670 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 38,991 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 91.3% |
| • Coloured | 1.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 7.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 88.8% |
| • English | 7.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.7% |
| • Other | 1.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC123 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chintsa East | 21202 | 3.80 | 1,317 |
| Chintsa | 21201 | 2.57 | 423 |
| Cwili | 21203 | 0.51 | 1,473 |
| Haga Haga | 21205 | 1.20 | 114 |
| Kei Mouth | 21206 | 3.20 | 284 |
| Komga | 21207 | 5.32 | 1,267 |
| Kwelera Point | 21209 | 0.36 | 96 |
| Kwelera | 21208 | 50.83 | 8,941 |
| Mooiplaas | 21210 | 145.07 | 17,281 |
| Morgans Bay | 21211 | 1.36 | 453 |
| Ocean View | 21212 | 0.17 | 67 |
| Qumrha | 21213 | 1.94 | 5,652 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 21204 | 1,519.30 | 7,087 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 7,237 | 7,604 | 14,841 | 70.8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,986 | 2,026 | 4,012 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Independent | 1,034 | – | 1,034 | 4.9 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 489 | 523 | 1,012 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 22 | 48 | 70 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10,768 | 10,201 | 20,969 | 100.0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Spoilt votes | 133 | 286 | 419 | |||||
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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.
- South African Languages - Place names
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Great Kei" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Great Kei" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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