Great Kei Local Municipality
Great Kei | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| 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 |
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]
Main places[]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Qumrha | 21207 | 5.32 | 1,267 |
| 21209 | 0.36 | 96 | |
| 21208 | 50.83 | 8,941 | |
| 21210 | 145.07 | 17,281 | |
| Morgans Bay | 21211 | 1.36 | 453 |
| 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
| Great Kei local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 6,227 | 6,518 | 12,745 | 65.6% | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,434 | 1,807 | 3,241 | 16.7% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 782 | 1,031 | 1,813 | 9.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,038 | – | 1,038 | 5.3% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Good | 165 | 170 | 335 | 1.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 60 | 91 | 151 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 40 | 60 | 100 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9,746 | 9,677 | 19,423 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Valid votes | 9,746 | 9,677 | 19,423 | 98.4% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 138 | 168 | 306 | 1.6% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 9,884 | 9,845 | 19,729 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 9,991 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 17,935 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 55.7% | |||||||
References[]
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Great Kei". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
External links[]
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Coordinates: 32°35′30″S 27°53′02″E / 32.59167°S 27.88389°E
- Local municipalities of the Amatole District Municipality