Senqu Local Municipality

Senqu
Local municipality
Official seal of Senqu
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictJoe Gqabi
SeatLady Grey
Wards19
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
 • Total
7,329 km2 (2,830 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
134,150
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African97.3%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White1.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Xhosa74.3%
 • Sotho20.2%
 • Afrikaans2.4%
 • English1.3%
 • Other1.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC142

Senqu Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Senqu; Sotho: Masepala wa Senqu) is a local municipality within the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Senqu is the Sesotho name for the Orange River.[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Amaqwati 22701 62.98 4,284
Amavundla 22702 86.37 8,123
Barkly East 22703 16.10 4,292
Basoto 22704 250.74 31,727
Batlokoa 22705 127.83 5,054
Herschel 22706 4.89 561
Hlubi 22707 1,061.37 51,548
Khwezinaledi 22708 0.81 4,793
Lady Grey 22709 23.75 1,312
Mfelandawonye 22710 0.05 27
Myamane 22711 122.04 9,296
Nkululeko 22712 0.53 4,077
Polar Park 22713 0.05 630
Rhodes 22714 10.28 129
Rossouw 22715 0.66 302
Sterkspruit 22717 4.02 1,557
Zakhele 22718 0.14 377
Zola 22719 0.02 337
Remainder of the municipality 22716 4,998.12 6,736

Politics

Main article: Senqu Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 an increased majority of twenty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress19,70272.231720,27274.22825
Economic Freedom Fighters2,99210.9703,12511.4444
Sterkspruit Civic Association1,0613.8901,2214.4722
Democratic Alliance8753.2109413.4511
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania5081.8605361.9611
Independent candidates1,0103.7000
United Democratic Movement2600.9503631.3311
Freedom Front Plus3131.1502851.0400
African Transformation Movement2921.0702470.9000
African People's Convention1880.6901820.6700
Arusha Economic Coalition770.2801400.5100
Total27,278100.001727,312100.001734
Valid votes27,27897.7627,31297.78
Invalid/blank votes6242.246202.22
Total votes27,902100.0027,932100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,18746.3660,18746.41

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Senqu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

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