Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Mbizana Local Municipality is a local municipality in OR Tambo District in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Its name means "little casserole" or "sauce pan" in isiXhosa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[1]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Amadiba | 23001 | 433.70 | 28,421 | Xhosa |
Amandela | 23002 | 8.78 | 2,297 | Xhosa |
Amandengane | 23003 | 46.81 | 3,583 | Xhosa |
Amangutyana | 23004 | 286.10 | 35,871 | Xhosa |
Amantshangase | 23005 | 108.38 | 7,104 | Xhosa |
Amapisi | 23006 | 122.89 | 9,909 | Xhosa |
Bala | 23007 | 18.03 | 3,935 | Xhosa |
Bizana | 23008 | 23.96 | 4,110 | Xhosa |
Imizizi | 23009 | 541.81 | 67,728 | Xhosa |
Ntlenzi | 23010 | 360.60 | 31,706 | Xhosa |
Ntshamate | 23011 | 15.02 | 3,706 | Xhosa |
Tsikelo | 23012 | 345.75 | 41,453 | Xhosa |
Xesibe | 23013 | 100.00 | 5,594 | Xhosa |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[2][3]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Academic Congress Union" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffb543;" data-sort-value="African Independent Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #046D2A;" data-sort-value="African People's Convention" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFB300;" data-sort-value="United Democratic Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Abantu Democratic Revolution" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008718;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" |Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 57,985 | 58,315 | 116,300 | 80.5 | 31 | 19 | 50 | |
EFF | 4,204 | 4,639 | 8,843 | 6.1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Academic Congress Union | 2,958 | 2,845 | 5,803 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
DA | 2,727 | 2,534 | 5,261 | 3.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
AIC | 1,604 | 1,748 | 3,352 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
APC | 1,059 | 969 | 2,028 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
UDM | 688 | 1,118 | 1,806 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Abantu Democratic Revolution | 157 | 220 | 377 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 366 | – | 366 | 0.3 | 0 | – | 0 | |
PAC | 108 | 218 | 326 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 71,856 | 72,606 | 144,462 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
Spoilt votes | 1,934 | 1,907 | 3,841 |
Births
Mbizana Local Municipality was the birthplace of:
- Oliver Tambo (1917–1993), born in the village of Nkantolo, South African anti-apartheid politician
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936-), born in the village of Mbongweni, South African ANC Women's League leader
Touristic attractions
- Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
- Mbizana Nature Reserve
- OR Tambo Cultural Village
- OR Tambo Monument
Fauna and flora
- Ficus bizanae is a Southern African indigenous tree.
References
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mbizana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mbizana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2016.