Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality

Raymond Mhlaba
Raymond Mhlaba
Local municipality
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Seat	Fort Beaufort
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bandile Ketelo (ANC)
• Speaker	Anele Ntsangani (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Lindelwa Penisi (ANC)
Area
• Total	6,358 km2 (2,455 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	151,379
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC129

Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities.^[2]

Towns/villages in the municipal area[]

Fort Beaufort (seat)
Adelaide
Alice
Balfour
Bedford
Healdtown township
Hogsback
Katberg
Middledrift
Seymour

Politics[]

The municipal council consists of forty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-three 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 thirty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[3]^[4]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	34,232	35,725	69,957	78.8	23	15	38
	Democratic Alliance	4,338	4,517	8,855	10.0	0	5	5
	EFF	2,097	2,711	4,808	5.4	0	3	3
	Independent	3,129	–	3,129	3.5	0	–	0
	PAC	457	298	755	0.8	0	0	0
	UDM	225	454	679	0.8	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	48	322	370	0.4	0	0	0
	ACDP	67	164	231	0.3	0	0	0
Total		44,593	44,191	88,784	100.0	23	23	46
Spoilt votes		957	1,314	2,271

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Nkonkobe, Nxuba.
^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkonkobe/Nxuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nkonkobe/Nxuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[census-1] Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Nkonkobe, Nxuba.

[lgovhbook-2] "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[3] "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkonkobe/Nxuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[4] "Seat Calculation Detail: Nkonkobe/Nxuba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

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