Nyandeni Local Municipality

Nyandeni Local Municipality is a local municipality in the OR Tambo District, situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Its administrative seat is the town of Libode. The entire municipal area falls within the former Transkei homeland area.

Nyandeni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 31°27′S 28°57′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictOR Tambo
SeatLibode
Wards31
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMesuli Ngqodwana (ANC)
 • SpeakerNoziphiwo Matanda (ANC)
 • Chief WhipMcebisi Robert Mtobela (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,474 km2 (955 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total290,390
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.4%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa95.3%
 • English2.0%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC155

The urban population is mainly located in the two small towns of Libode and Ngqeleni.[4]

Scattered, low-density rural settlements dominate the municipality. 79% of households reside in traditional or village type settlements. These settlements are loosely scattered throughout the entire municipal area and are surrounded by communal grazing and arable lands. The majority of residential structures are self-built. Apart from a few trading stores, there is little sign of any significant economic activity within the rural settlements.[5]

Many of the families in the rural regions of the municipality were formerly supported by men who worked as migrant labour in local mines. Subsequent retrenchment at the mines has left these communities with scant means to survive.[5]

About 77% of households can be regarded as indigents with access to either no income or incomes of less than R800 (US $108) per month.[4]

Most of the education institutions in Nyandeni cater to lower level schooling. Of the 426 schools in the Nyandeni area, 64% are overcrowded or highly overcrowded, according to the OR Tambo District office.[5]

The spread of HIV/AIDS is an extremely severe and urgent problem in the area. In 2009 the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate was as high as 50%-60% among tested cases; these cases were mainly females who participated in voluntary testing during their regular pregnancy visits to local clinics.[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amasane2340126.593,244
Gibisela23402103.1013,723
Konjyaoyo23403380.4539,367
Libode2340433.683,835
Masizakhe234056.71579
Mbalisweni23406121.536,333
Mcwebeni23407159.7916,614
Mhlanga23408709.6781,298
Ndluzula234092.51578
Ngqeleni2341015.172,062
Ngqubusini23411292.5341,001
Ngxangule23412105.599,131
Nqabe2341317.072,388
Ntakatye23414310.7236,078
Qokolweni/Zimbane234154.380
Simanzi23416309.3724,566
Tshomane234177.030
Xesibe234184.85464

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 fifty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 55,42656,583112,00983.6322254
UDM 3,3943,9117,3055.4033
Democratic Alliance 2,7072,7675,4744.1033
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,5722,7455,3174.0033
Independent 2,815–2,8152.10–0
United Party 2643776410.5000
Pan Africanist Congress 733223950.3000
Congress of the People 40–400.0000
Total 67,29166,705133,996100.0323163
Spoilt votes 1,1471,6442,791

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. http://www.nyandenilm.gov.za/Overview.php
  5. "Nyandeni Integrated Development Plan: Review 2009/2010." Nyandeni Local Municipality. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nyandeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Nyandeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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