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Amahlathi Local Municipality

Coordinates: 32°34′19″S 27°25′35″E / 32.57194°S 27.42639°E / -32.57194; 27.42639
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Amahlathi
Official seal of Amahlathi
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAmathole
SeatStutterheim
Wards20
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAgnes Hobo (ANC)
 • SpeakerMxolisi Mjikelo (ANC)
 • Chief WhipDumisani Mzili (ANC)
Area
 • Total4,820 km2 (1,860 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total122,778
 • Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African96.5%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White2.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa93.4%
 • English2.9%
 • Afrikaans2.0%
 • Other1.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC124

Amahlathi Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Amahlathi) is a local municipality within the Amatole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa word meaning "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of the area.[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Amahlathi 21301 86.06 11,511
Amantinde 21302 2.83 2,148
Amazizi 21303 258.26 13,230
Cathcart 21304 51.47 2,073
Cumakala 21305 3.48 12,424
Daliwe 21306 0.53 2,704
Dohne 21307 0.42 0
Eluxolweni 21308 11.66 2,372
Emthonjeni 21309 7.17 1,242
Frankfort 21310 0.28 362
Gxulu 21311 0.73 96
Heckel 21312 6.07 462
Hlubi 21313 1.00 2,145
Katikati 21314 8.16 3,212
Keiskammahoek North 21316 370.99 22,455
Keiskammahoek 21315 5.38 2,302
Lusikisiki 21317 18.49 523
Marienthal 21318 0.73 130
Ngqika 21319 172.63 9,534
Peelton 21320 18.86 13,035
Stutterheim Part 1 21321 67.58 5,052
Stutterheim Part 2 21327 6.17 4,962
Toise 21322 73.59 2,757
Zali's Location 21323 19.14 1,364
Zibula 21324 49.76 3,570
Zwelitsha 21325 37.74 8,651
Remainder of the municipality 21326 2,986.57 10,705

Politics

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

The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress16,04970.141417,23676.00923
Democratic Alliance2,1109.2202,2649.9833
Economic Freedom Fighters1,4316.2501,6607.3222
Independent candidates2,47810.8311
African People's Convention3691.6103051.3411
Independent South African National Civic Organisation840.3703011.3300
African Transformation Movement1460.6402361.0400
African Independent Congress300.1303511.5500
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania550.240900.4000
Congress of the People590.260650.2900
United Independent Movement650.280570.2500
Inkatha Freedom Party20.010810.3600
National Freedom Party20.010340.1500
Total22,880100.001522,680100.001530
Valid votes22,88097.7922,68097.04
Invalid/blank votes5162.216912.96
Total votes23,396100.0023,371100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,51047.2649,51047.20

References

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  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 — Amahlathi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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