Ingquza Hill Local Municipality

Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, previously known as Qaukeni, is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.

Ingquza Hill
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	OR Tambo
Seat	Flagstaff
Wards	31
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	BB Goya (ANC)
• Speaker	Ntandokazi Yolisa Chapa (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Mbongeni Isaac Nkungu (ANC)
Area
• Total	2,477 km^2 (956 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	278,481
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Xhosa	94.6%
• English	2.2%
• Other	3.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC153

An aerial view of Mboyti, a small settlement and coastal resort located in the Ingquza Hill Local Municipality close to the town of Lusikisiki on the mouth of the Mboyti River.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Amakwalo	23201	123.86	8,467
Amanci	23202	5.21	706
Amantlane	23203	117.16	12,588
Awahlwazi	23204	25.03	4,082
Bala	23205	134.39	15,995
Emtweni	23206	53.32	2,023
Flagstaff	23207	13.77	3,069
Gunyeni	23208	45.12	13,493
Lusikisiki	23209	21.04	9,079
Lwandlolubomvu	23210	1.24	78
Mkambati	23211	173.29	800
Mtshayelo	23212	14.63	1,980
Mxobo	23213	86.08	9,632
Ndimakude	23214	16.10	1,765
Sipaqeni	23216	249.31	34,069
Taweni	23217	342.85	35,362
Xopozo	23218	79.49	7,835
Remainder of the municipality	23215	958.25	94,357

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 fifty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	57,013	57,800	114,813	83.5	31	22	53
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,897	4,073	7,970	5.8	0	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,491	2,345	4,836	3.5	0	2	2
	UDM	1,442	1,590	3,032	2.2	1	0	1
	African Independent Congress	401	2,046	2,447	1.8	0	1	1
	Independent	1,593	–	1,593	1.2	0	–	0
	African People's Convention	474	438	912	0.7	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	422	483	905	0.7	0	1	1
	ACDP	243	137	380	0.3	0	0	0
	African People's Socialist Party	193	151	344	0.2	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	81	208	289	0.2	0	0	0
Total		68,250	69,271	137,521	100.0	32	31	63
Spoilt votes		2,328	2,058	4,386

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ingquza Hill" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Ingquza Hill" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

External links

• Official website