Lukhanji Local Municipality

Lukhanji Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Lukhanji is a Xhosa name for the mountain that runs from the eastern side of Queenstown to the western side.[3] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

Lukhanji
Former local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictChris Hani
SeatQueenstown
Wards27
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNozibele Makanda (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,813 km2 (1,472 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total190,723
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African92.6%
 • Coloured3.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White2.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa86.8%
 • Afrikaans5.5%
 • English4.5%
 • Other3.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC134

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places
(Note: only places with more than 1,000 inhabitants listed here):[4]

PlaceCensus codeArea (km2)Population
Angola, Lukhanji2810373.781,693
Brakkloof2810524.652,000
Embekweni2810834.251,343
Ezibeleni28101532.0930,113
EZweledinga2810932.891,022
Hewu2810682.002,193
Illinge2810294.6510,689
KwaNkcwa2810211.991,219
Lesseyton2810132.532,715
Lower Didimana2810502.391,288
McBride2810382.392,127
Mlungisi2810183.6724,901
Mtebele2810233.751,705
New Deka2810121.681,163
Queenstown28101767.6343,971
Sada2810674.5713,493
Tambo2810554.063,056
Toisekraal2810111.021,467
Whittlesea28106615.3714,756
Remainder of the municipality2810023,588.356,233

Politics

The municipal council consisted of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
Ward[Note 1]ListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 38,50739,65578,16282.8261945
Democratic Alliance 4,3694,8079,1769.7145
Congress of the People 8802,1943,0743.3022
UDM 1,1708972,0672.2011
Pan Africanist Congress 3843607440.8011
Pan Africanist Movement 3571515080.5000
Independent 380–3800.40–0
People's Democratic Party 107601670.2000
National Freedom Party 22841060.1000
Total 46,17648,20894,384100.0272754
Spoilt votes 9276251,552
  1. In one ward the ANC candidate was deemed elected without a ballot as no other candidates were nominated.

References
  1. "Mother of Six Appointed Executive Mayor of Lukhanji Municipality". Newsroom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. South African Languages - Place names
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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