Walter Sisulu Local Municipality

Walter Sisulu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality was formed by the merging of Maletswai and Gariep Local Municipality immediately after the August 2016 Local Municipal Elections. [2]

Walter Sisulu
Local municipality
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°41′S 26°42′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictJoe Gqabi
SeatBurgersdorp
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBulelwa Khweyiya (ANC)
 • SpeakerNalisile Simon Mathetha (ANC)
 • Chief WhipNorah Ngubo (ANC)
Area
 • Total13,269 km2 (5,123 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total77,477
 • Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African79.9%
 • Coloured11.9%
 • White7.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC145

Main places

Main places in the municipality (historical Gariep and Maletswai) are:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Aliwal North2880027.9516,001
Burgersdorp28900527.925,241
Dukathole2880014.9819,152
Jamestown28800411.984,666
Khayamnandi2890082.674,724
Mzamomhle2890061.274,656
Nozizwe2890030.471,393
Oviston289001358.88658
Steynsburg28900914.702,488
Tembisa2890071.746,094
Venterstad28900217.593,596
Remainder of the municipality288003 plus 28900412,791.958,807

Neighbours

The neighbour of Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality (DC14) is Senqu Local Municipality to the East. South of Walter Sisulu lies the Chris Hani District Municipality (DC13). On the Free State side is Mohokare Local Municipality in the Xhariep District Municipality (DC16).

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 fifteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 13,68613,80527,49166.910515
Democratic Alliance 4,6384,6309,26822.5145
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,1581,1732,3315.7011
Maletswai Civic Association 8781,0301,9084.6011
United Residents Front 62–620.2000
Independent 51–510.10–0
Total 20,47320,63841,111100.0111122
Spoilt votes 391359750

In a by-election held on 8 August 2018, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the DA candidate.[6] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 9514
Democratic Alliance 246
Economic Freedom Fighters 011
Maletswai Civic Association 011
Total 111122

References
  1. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Maletswai and Gariep.
  2. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Maletswai/Gariep" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Maletswai/Gariep" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  6. "DA wins ANC ward in Eastern Cape by-election". The Citizen. 9 August 2018.
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