Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality

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
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°11′S 25°37′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Seat	Cradock
Wards	9
Government [1]
• 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) [2]
• Black African	56.2%
• Coloured	32.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	10.5%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Xhosa	50.0%
• Afrikaans	44.6%
• English	3.1%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC131

Politics

Main article: Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality elections

The 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

The 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

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Results Summary – All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
4. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
5. Lookup Tables – Statistics South Africa^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Official website