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
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°55′S 26°41′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictChris Hani
SeatCala
Wards9
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorBuyiswa Ntsere (ANC)
  SpeakerKholiswa Faku (ANC)
  Chief WhipAndile Sondlo (ANC)
Area
  Total2,355 km2 (909 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total63,582
  Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African97.7%
  Coloured0.8%
  Indian/Asian0.2%
  White1.1%
First languages (2011)
  Xhosa92.2%
  English2.7%
  Afrikaans1.8%
  Sign language1.2%
  Other2.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC138

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Cala Part 12250123.1011,479
Cala Part 22251014.20280
Ehlatini2250289.403,971
Elliot2250328.6810,965
Engcobo2250420.851,422
Eqolombeni22505149.285,833
Masibambane225060.444,123
Sidindi2250812.14182
Xalanga22509215.0111,546
Remainder of the municipality225071,703.504,233

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]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 13,49113,28726,77882.19514
Democratic Alliance 1,1581,1522,3107.1011
Economic Freedom Fighters 7397501,4894.6011
UDM 4374498862.7011
Congress of the People 2722575291.6000
African People's Convention 1291532820.9000
Pan Africanist Congress 1491252740.8000
Pan Africanist Movement 1963820.2000
Total 16,39416,23632,630100.09817
Spoilt votes 5266471,173

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. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Sakhisizwe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Sakhisizwe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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