Tsolwana Local Municipality

Tsolwana Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Tsolwana is an isiXhosa name which means "something with a sharp ending or a tip", referring the mountains around the whole area.[3] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

Tsolwana
Official seal of Tsolwana
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictChris Hani
SeatTarkastad
Wards5
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorK Nqighi
Area
  Total6,087 km2 (2,350 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total33,281
  Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African91.0%
  Coloured5.8%
  Indian/Asian0.1%
  White2.8%
First languages (2011)
  Xhosa84.3%
  Afrikaans8.5%
  Sotho2.8%
  English2.3%
  Other2.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC132

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Amaqwati2190134.367,777
Amavundle2190219.747,589
Basoto219035.444,523
Hofmeyer219044.573,199
Lammermoor219051.093
Tarkastad219061.891,858
Zola219081.153,612
Remainder of the municipality219075,956.663,949

Politics

The municipal council consisted of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 7,4057,68415,08973.5437
COPE 6441,2961,9409.4011
Democratic Alliance 7519731,7248.4011
Independent 1,6181,6187.911
UDM 261421680.8000
Total 10,44410,09520,539100.05510
Spoilt votes 218328546

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. South African Languages - Place names
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Tsolwana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Tsolwana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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