Port St. Johns Local Municipality

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Port St Johns
Local municipality
Official seal of Port St Johns
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District OR Tambo
Seat Port St. Johns
Wards 20
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Dm Mangqo
Area
 • Total 1,291 km2 (498 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 156,136
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 99.3%
 • Coloured 0.4%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 0.2%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Xhosa 95.0%
 • English 2.7%
 • Other 2.3%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code EC154

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

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amakwalo 23301 57.81 5,165 Xhosa
Bomvini 23302 253.67 25,094 Xhosa
Emtweni 23303 221.68 22,729 Xhosa
Gunyeni 23304 63.03 15,408 Xhosa
Manzamhlophe 23305 133.75 13,394 Xhosa
Mvumelwano 23306 315.70 31,342 Xhosa
Ndluzula 23307 195.11 22,123 Xhosa
Port St Johns Part 1 23308 8.79 5,181 Xhosa
Port St Johns Part 2 23310 0.80 289 Xhosa
Qaukeni 23309 37.94 5,420 Xhosa

Main languages

The 2001 census recorded the following first languages: 98.69% IsiXhosa; 0.64% English; 0.20% Afrikaans; 0.13% IsiZulu; 0.12% SiSwati; 0.08% IsiNdebele; 0.06% Sesotho; and 0.08% other languages.

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total  % Ward List Total
African National Congress 29,073 31,451 60,524 82.2 17 15 32
Independent 5,285 5,285 7.2 3 3
Democratic Alliance 1,659 1,488 3,147 4.3 0 2 2
United Democratic Movement 1,001 1,400 2,401 3.3 0 1 1
Congress of the People 793 1,210 2,003 2.7 0 1 1
African People's Convention 12 267 279 0.4 0 0 0
Total 37,823 35,816 73,639 100.0 20 19 39
Spoilt votes 1,043 2,662 3,705

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