Amahlathi Local Municipality

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Amahlathi
Local municipality
Official seal of Amahlathi
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Seat Stutterheim
Wards 20
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor M Peter
Area
 • Total 4,820 km2 (1,860 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 122,778
 • Density 25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 96.5%
 • Coloured 1.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 2.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Xhosa 93.4%
 • English 2.9%
 • Afrikaans 2.0%
 • Other 1.7%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code EC124

Amahlathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of the area.[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Amahlathi 21301 86.06 11,511
Amantinde 21302 2.83 2,148
Amazizi 21303 258.26 13,230
Cathcart 21304 51.47 2,073
Cumakala 21305 3.48 12,424
Daliwe 21306 0.53 2,704
Dohne 21307 0.42 0
Eluxolweni 21308 11.66 2,372
Emthonjeni 21309 7.17 1,242
Frankfort 21310 0.28 362
Gxulu 21311 0.73 96
Heckel 21312 6.07 462
Hlubi 21313 1.00 2,145
Katikati 21314 8.16 3,212
Keiskammahoek North 21316 370.99 22,455
Keiskammahoek 21315 5.38 2,302
Lusikisiki 21317 18.49 523
Marienthal 21318 0.73 130
Ngqika 21319 172.63 9,534
Peelton 21320 18.86 13,035
Stutterheim Part 1 21321 67.58 5,052
Stutterheim Part 2 21327 6.17 4,962
Toise 21322 73.59 2,757
Zali's Location 21323 19.14 1,364
Zibula 21324 49.76 3,570
Zwelitsha 21325 37.74 8,651
Remainder of the municipality 21326 2,986.57 10,705

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total  % Ward List Total
African National Congress 29,355 29,829 59,184 81.3 20 13 33
Congress of the People 2,743 2,936 5,679 7.8 0 3 3
Democratic Alliance 1,935 1,802 3,737 5.1 0 2 2
Cathcart Residents Association 689 656 1,345 1.8 0 1 1
Independent 1,082 – 1,082 1.5 0 – 0
United Democratic Movement 343 423 766 1.1 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress 374 169 543 0.7 0 0 0
African People's Convention 43 292 335 0.5 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 47 103 150 0.2 0 0 0
Total 36,611 36,210 72,821 100.0 20 20 40
Spoilt votes 674 709 1,383

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