Lukhanji Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Lukhanji is a Xhosa name for the mountain that runs from the eastern side of Queenstown to the western side.[3] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.
Lukhanji | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Chris Hani |
| Seat | Queenstown |
| Wards | 27 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Nozibele Makanda (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,813 km2 (1,472 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 190,723 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 92.6% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 2.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 86.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.5% |
| • English | 4.5% |
| • Other | 3.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC134 |
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places
(Note: only places with more than 1,000 inhabitants listed here):[4]
| Place | Census code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola, Lukhanji | 281037 | 3.78 | 1,693 |
| Brakkloof | 281052 | 4.65 | 2,000 |
| Embekweni | 281083 | 4.25 | 1,343 |
| Ezibeleni | 281015 | 32.09 | 30,113 |
| EZweledinga | 281093 | 2.89 | 1,022 |
| Hewu | 281068 | 2.00 | 2,193 |
| Illinge | 281029 | 4.65 | 10,689 |
| KwaNkcwa | 281021 | 1.99 | 1,219 |
| Lesseyton | 281013 | 2.53 | 2,715 |
| Lower Didimana | 281050 | 2.39 | 1,288 |
| McBride | 281038 | 2.39 | 2,127 |
| Mlungisi | 281018 | 3.67 | 24,901 |
| Mtebele | 281023 | 3.75 | 1,705 |
| New Deka | 281012 | 1.68 | 1,163 |
| Queenstown | 281017 | 67.63 | 43,971 |
| Sada | 281067 | 4.57 | 13,493 |
| Tambo | 281055 | 4.06 | 3,056 |
| Toisekraal | 281011 | 1.02 | 1,467 |
| Whittlesea | 281066 | 15.37 | 14,756 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 281002 | 3,588.35 | 6,233 |
Politics
The municipal council consisted of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 forty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward[Note 1] | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 38,507 | 39,655 | 78,162 | 82.8 | 26 | 19 | 45 | |
| DA | 4,369 | 4,807 | 9,176 | 9.7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| COPE | 880 | 2,194 | 3,074 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| UDM | 1,170 | 897 | 2,067 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| PAC | 384 | 360 | 744 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pan Africanist Movement | 357 | 151 | 508 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 380 | – | 380 | 0.4 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| People's Democratic Party | 107 | 60 | 167 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFP | 22 | 84 | 106 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 46,176 | 48,208 | 94,384 | 100.0 | 27 | 27 | 54 | |
| Spoilt votes | 927 | 625 | 1,552 | |||||
- In one ward the ANC candidate was deemed elected without a ballot as no other candidates were nominated.
References
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