Sakhisizwe Local Municipality

Sakhisizwe Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Sakhisizwe) is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Sakhisizwe is an isiXhosa word meaning "we are building the nation".[3]

Sakhisizwe
Official seal of Sakhisizwe
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°55′S 26°41′E / 30.917°S 26.683°E / -30.917; 26.683
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictChris Hani
SeatCala
Wards9
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBuyiswa Ntsere (ANC)
 • SpeakerKholiswa Faku (ANC)
 • Chief WhipAndile Sondlo (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,355 km2 (909 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total63,582
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.7%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White1.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa92.2%
 • English2.7%
 • Afrikaans1.8%
 • Sign language1.2%
 • Other2.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC138

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Cala Part 1 22501 23.10 11,479
Cala Part 2 22510 14.20 280
Ehlatini 22502 89.40 3,971
Elliot 22503 28.68 10,965
Engcobo 22504 20.85 1,422
Eqolombeni 22505 149.28 5,833
Masibambane 22506 0.44 4,123
Sidindi 22508 12.14 182
Xalanga 22509 215.01 11,546
Remainder of the municipality 22507 1,703.50 4,233

Politics

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The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 thirteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress9,60967.16910,29973.07413
Democratic Alliance1,0977.6701,2388.7822
Economic Freedom Fighters9356.5301,0347.3411
Independent candidates1,4249.9500
African Transformation Movement4733.3104843.4311
United Democratic Movement2882.0104583.2500
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania1851.2903132.2200
Khowa Residents Association1751.2202691.9100
Drakensberg Concerned Residents1220.8500
Total14,308100.00914,095100.00817
Valid votes14,30897.6014,09597.30
Invalid/blank votes3522.403912.70
Total votes14,660100.0014,486100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,02848.8230,02848.24

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Sakhisizwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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