Inxuba Yethemba Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Inxuba Yethemba; Afrikaans: Inxuba Yethemba Munisipaliteit), formerly known as Cradock Municipality, is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Cradock.
Inxuba Yethemba | |
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.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′S 25°37′E / 32.183°S 25.617°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Chris Hani |
| Seat | Cradock |
| Wards | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Raymond Zenzile Shweni (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Maria Nortje (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Thembisile Bobo (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,663 km2 (4,503 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 65,560 |
| • Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 56.2% |
| • Coloured | 32.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 10.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 50.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 44.6% |
| • English | 3.1% |
| • Other | 2.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC131 |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats on the council.[3][4]
The following table shows the results of the election.
| Inxuba Yethemba local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 7,519 | 7,665 | 15,184 | 53.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 5,707 | 5,645 | 11,352 | 39.7% | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 346 | 387 | 733 | 2.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 329 | 398 | 727 | 2.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 152 | 156 | 308 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 269 | – | 269 | 0.9% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 16 | 40 | 56 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 14,338 | 14,291 | 28,629 | 9 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Valid votes | 14,338 | 14,291 | 28,629 | 98.0% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 284 | 303 | 587 | 2.0% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 14,622 | 14,594 | 29,216 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 14,639 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 29,691 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 49.3% | |||||||
Main places
editThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cradock | 21801 | 123.99 | 12,327 |
| KwaNonzame | 21803 | 2.75 | 5,591 |
| Lingelihle | 21804 | 4.92 | 18,966 |
| Middelburg | 21805 | 160.10 | 12,523 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 21802 | 11,302.89 | 10,891 |
References
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Lookup Tables – Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]