Ingquza Hill Local Municipality

Ingquza Hill Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Ingquza Hill), previously known as Qaukeni Municipality, is a local municipality within the OR Tambo District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Ingquza Hill
Local municipality
Official seal of Ingquza Hill
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictOR Tambo
SeatFlagstaff
Wards31
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBB Goya (ANC)
 • SpeakerNtandokazi Yolisa Chapa (ANC)
 • Chief WhipMbongeni Isaac Nkungu (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,477 km2 (956 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total278,481
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Xhosa94.6%
 • English2.2%
 • Other3.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC153
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]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amakwalo23201123.868,467
Amanci232025.21706
Amantlane23203117.1612,588
Awahlwazi2320425.034,082
Bala23205134.3915,995
Emtweni2320653.322,023
Flagstaff2320713.773,069
Gunyeni2320845.1213,493
Lusikisiki2320921.049,079
Lwandlolubomvu232101.2478
Mkambati23211173.29800
Mtshayelo2321214.631,980
Mxobo2321386.089,632
Ndimakude2321416.101,765
Sipaqeni23216249.3134,069
Taweni23217342.8535,362
Xopozo2321879.497,835
Remainder of the municipality23215958.2594,357

Politics
Main article: Ingquza Hill Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-four 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-two 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress41,47867.232844,52975.841846
Economic Freedom Fighters5,1568.3605,5309.4266
Independent candidates7,65812.4144
Civic Independent1,7712.8702,0683.5222
Democratic Alliance1,8142.9401,5132.5822
African Transformation Movement1,2111.9601,3692.3311
United Democratic Movement1,0621.7201,1842.0211
African Independent Congress3820.6209721.6611
African People's Convention4860.7904110.7011
Congress of the People2920.4703920.6700
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania1840.3002440.4200
African Christian Democratic Party1930.3101850.3200
Inkatha Freedom Party60.0103210.5500
Total61,693100.003258,718100.003264
Valid votes61,69397.5058,71894.55
Invalid/blank votes1,5812.503,3835.45
Total votes63,274100.0062,101100.00
Registered voters/turnout139,51745.35139,51744.51

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. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ingquza Hill". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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