Ikwezi | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Sarah Baartman |
Seat | Jansenville |
Wards | 4 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sizwe Alfred Mngwevu |
Area | |
• Total | 4,563 km2 (1,762 sq mi) |
Population (2011)
[2] | |
• Total | 10,537 |
• Density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 37.2% |
• Coloured | 54.6% |
• Indian/ Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 7.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 69.6% |
• Xhosa | 25.8% |
• English | 2.6% |
• Other | 2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( SAST) |
Municipal code | EC103 |
Ikwezi Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Ikwezi is an isiXhosa name that means "morning star". [4] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Jansenville | 20302 | 23.83 | 1,433 | Afrikaans |
Klipplaat | 20303 | 2.19 | 1,257 | Afrikaans |
KwaZamukucinga | 20304 | 1.18 | 3,477 | Xhosa |
Wongalethu | 20305 | 1.62 | 1,640 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 20301 | 4,420.87 | 2,558 | Afrikaans |
The municipal council consisted of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [6] [7]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 2,346 | 65.94 | 4 | 2,356 | 66.05 | 1 | 5 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,044 | 29.34 | 0 | 1,211 | 33.95 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent candidates | 168 | 4.72 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 3,558 | 100.00 | 4 | 3,567 | 100.00 | 3 | 7 | |
Valid votes | 3,558 | 98.29 | 3,567 | 98.32 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 62 | 1.71 | 61 | 1.68 | ||||
Total votes | 3,620 | 100.00 | 3,628 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,729 | 63.19 | 5,729 | 63.33 | ||||
Source: [8] |