Elundini Local Municipality

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Elundini
Local municipality
Official seal of Elundini
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictJoe Gqabi
SeatMaclear
Wards17
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNonkongozelo Ruth Lengs (ANC)
 • SpeakerVangiwe Victoria Hokwana (ANC)
 • Chief WhipMamello Semakaleng Leteba (ANC)
Area
 • Total5,065 km2 (1,956 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total138,141
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African98.1%
 • Coloured1.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Xhosa70.1%
 • Sotho24.8%
 • Afrikaans1.7%
 • English1.6%
 • Other1.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC141

Elundini Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

The name originates from isiZulu and it refers to the Drakensberg Mountains.[4]

Main places[]

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
22601 676.98 17,492 Xhosa
22602 156.98 6,934 Xhosa
22603 90.82 5,102 Xhosa
22604 224.75 12,458 Sotho
22605 169.85 8,454 Xhosa
22606 720.18 32,079 Sotho
22608 125.92 4,872 Xhosa
22609 0.28 1,280 Xhosa
Maclear 22610 7.24 4,908 Xhosa
22611 0.23 598 Xhosa
22612 0.25 1,762 Xhosa
22613 98.11 5,556 Xhosa
Mount Fletcher Part 1 22614 10.70 9,406 Xhosa
Mount Fletcher Part 2 22620 108.32 3,371 Xhosa
22615 162.30 8,521 Xhosa
22616 0.13 1,119 Xhosa
22617 0.15 159 Xhosa
Sonwabile 22618 2.14 4,671 Xhosa
Ugie 22619 18.21 3,585 Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 22607 2,782.47 5,279 Xhosa

Politics[]

Main article: Elundini Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress22,99480.851722,59080.061128
Economic Freedom Fighters1,9446.8402,1357.5722
Democratic Alliance9323.2809513.3711
United Democratic Movement7982.8108112.8711
African Transformation Movement5091.7905932.1011
Independent candidates8963.1500
3661.2904321.5311
African Independent Congress7062.5000
Total28,439100.001728,218100.001734
Valid votes28,43997.0928,21896.67
Invalid/blank votes8512.919723.33
Total votes29,290100.0029,190100.00
Registered voters/turnout61,11447.9361,11447.76

References[]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "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[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Elundini". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

External links[]

Coordinates: 31°04′40″S 28°21′36″E / 31.07778°S 28.36000°E / -31.07778; 28.36000

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