Senqu Local Municipality
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| Local municipality | ||
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| Location in the Eastern Cape Location in the Eastern Cape |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Joe Gqabi | |
| Seat | Lady Grey | |
| Wards | 19 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | N Mtyali | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7,329 km2 (2,830 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 134,150 | |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 97.3% | |
| • Coloured | 1.2% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% | |
| • White | 1.1% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Xhosa | 74.3% | |
| • Sotho | 20.2% | |
| • Afrikaans | 2.4% | |
| • English | 1.3% | |
| • Other | 1.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC142 | |
Senqu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Senqu is a Sesotho name for the Orange River.[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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| Amaqwati | 22701 | 62.98 | 4,284 |
| Amavundla | 22702 | 86.37 | 8,123 |
| Barkly East | 22703 | 16.10 | 4,292 |
| Basoto | 22704 | 250.74 | 31,727 |
| Batlokoa | 22705 | 127.83 | 5,054 |
| Herschel | 22706 | 4.89 | 561 |
| Hlubi | 22707 | 1,061.37 | 51,548 |
| Kwezinaledi | 22708 | 0.81 | 4,793 |
| Lady Grey | 22709 | 23.75 | 1,312 |
| Mfelandawonye | 22710 | 0.05 | 27 |
| Myamane | 22711 | 122.04 | 9,296 |
| Nkululeko | 22712 | 0.53 | 4,077 |
| Polar Park | 22713 | 0.05 | 630 |
| Rhodes | 22714 | 10.28 | 129 |
| Rossouw | 22715 | 0.66 | 302 |
| Sterkspruit | 22717 | 4.02 | 1,557 |
| Zakhele | 22718 | 0.14 | 377 |
| Zola | 22719 | 0.02 | 337 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 22716 | 4,998.12 | 6,736 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 31,122 | 31,744 | 62,866 | 86.4 | 19 | 13 | 32 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,442 | 2,322 | 4,764 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 2,023 | 1,838 | 3,861 | 5.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 406 | 456 | 862 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 233 | – | 233 | 0.3 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| United Residents Front | 118 | 94 | 212 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 36,344 | 36,454 | 72,798 | 100.0 | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| Spoilt votes | 996 | 718 | 1,714 | |||||
References
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- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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External links
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