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
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

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 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]

Ingquza Hill local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 41,47844,52986,00771.4%281846
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,1565,53010,6868.9%066
Independent candidates 7,658–7,6586.4%4–4
Civic Independent 1,7712,0683,8393.2%022
Democratic Alliance 1,8141,5133,3272.8%022
African Transformation Movement 1,2111,3692,5802.1%011
United Democratic Movement 1,0621,1842,2461.9%011
African Independent Congress 3829721,3541.1%011
African People's Convention 4864118970.7%011
Congress of the People 2923926840.6%000
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 1842444280.4%000
African Christian Democratic Party 1931853780.3%000
Inkatha Freedom Party 63213270.3%000
Total 61,69358,718120,411323264
Valid votes 61,69358,718120,41196.0%
Spoilt votes 1,5813,3834,9644.0%
Total votes cast 63,27462,101125,375
Voter turnout 63,589
Registered voters 139,517
Turnout percentage 45.6%

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 9 November 2021.
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