Mhlontlo Local Municipality

Mhlontlo
Mhlontlo
Local municipality
	Seal
	Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	OR Tambo
Seat	Qumbu
Wards	26
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Nompumelelo Dywili (ANC)
• Speaker	Mbulelo Jara (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Nozolile Margaret Mvanyashe (ANC)
Area
• Total	2,826 km2 (1,091 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	188,226
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	94.9%
• English	2.3%
• Other	2.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC156

Mhlontlo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.

was a chief of the people during the 19th century.^[4]

Main places[]

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

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population
	23501	177.82	20,419
	23502	109.24	12,566
	23503	0.35	0
	23504	8.02	475
	23505	7.95	0
Bhele	23506	70.31	4,240
	23507	197.19	18,717
	23508	99.50	9,501
	23509	203.35	22,254
	23510	162.71	10,214
	23511	67.98	2,907
	23512	280.77	22,631
	23513	6.87	369
	23514	70.06	7,600
	23515	48.43	1,625
	23516	24.83	629
Masizakhe	23517	293.67	18,661
	23518	32.91	52
	23519	125.22	10,021
	23520	19.82	6
	23521	106.95	5,855
	23522	16.95	633
	23523	294.50	15,987
Qumbu	23524	38.15	3,275
Tsolo Part 1	23525	53.97	5,678
Tsolo Part 2	23526	184.59	2,361

Politics[]

The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-five 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 forty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6]^[7]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	38,067	39,974	78,041	78.1	24	16	40
	UDM	2,821	3,155	5,976	6.0	0	3	3
		1,449	3,615	5,064	5.1	0	2	2
	Independent	3,823	–	3,823	3.8	2	–	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,644	1,622	3,266	3.3	0	2	2
	EFF	1,624	1,572	3,196	3.2	0	2	2
	COPE	255	313	568	0.6	0	0	0
Total		49,683	50,251	99,934	100.0	26	25	51
Spoilt votes		1,158	1,245	2,403

References[]

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ South African Languages - Place names
^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mhlontlo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mhlontlo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

External links[]

Official Website

Coordinates: 31°09′S 28°52′E / 31.150°S 28.867°E / -31.150; 28.867

[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[muni_langs-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] "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mhlontlo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[7] "Seat Calculation Detail: Mhlontlo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

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