Senqu Local Municipality
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]
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Joe Gqabi |
| Seat | Lady Grey |
| Wards | 19 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Nomvuyo Mposelwa (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Velile Stokhwe (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Mlifi Mshasha (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,329 km2 (2,830 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 134,150 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.3% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 1.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 74.3% |
| • Sotho | 20.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.4% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Other | 1.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC142 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Khwezinaledi | 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-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 twenty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 24,725 | 25,019 | 49,744 | 67.8 | 17 | 6 | 23 | |
| Sterkspruit Civic Association | 8,478 | 8,518 | 16,996 | 23.2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,488 | 1,519 | 3,007 | 4.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,371 | 1,128 | 2,499 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 536 | – | 536 | 0.7 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| UDM | 44 | 271 | 315 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sterkspruit Development Forum | 158 | 155 | 313 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 36,800 | 36,610 | 73,410 | 100.0 | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| Spoilt votes | 699 | 751 | 1,450 | |||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- South African Languages - Place names
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Senqu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Senqu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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