Nkonkobe Local Municipality

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{{Use South African English|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Nkonkobe

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| settlement_type = Former local municipality

| image_seal = Nkonkobe_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of the Eastern Cape with Nkonkobe highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in the Eastern Cape

| map_caption = Location in the Eastern Cape

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Amathole

| seat = Fort Beaufort

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 21

| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Anele Ntsangani

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3626

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 127115

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 94.5%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 4.0%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 1.0%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Xhosa}}

| demographics2_info1 = 90.1%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info2 = 5.0%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 2.7%

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| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 2.2%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = EC127

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Nkonkobe Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Winterberg mountain range, Nkonkobe in isiXhosa.[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names] The seat, as well as most offices, of the Municipality are in Fort Beaufort, but the Council's chambers in Alice are generally used for council meetings, being better equipped. Other towns served by the municipality are Seymour, Balfour, Hogsback and Middledrift. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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! Place !! Code !! Area (km2)!! Population

Alice[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21601 21601]21.978,009
Amagqunukwebe[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21602 21602]576.5735,694
Amagwala[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21603 21603]57.03854
Amajingqi[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21604 21604]161.5711,441
Amakhuze[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21605 21605]30.492,525
Balfour[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21606 21606]4.822,428
Bellvale[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21607 21607]2.00468
Bhofolo[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21608 21608]2.5412,098
Blinkwater[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21609 21609]5.171,041
Ekuphumuleni[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21610 21610]1.79436
Fort Beaufort[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21611 21611]46.1910,093
Gaga[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21612 21612]75.067,956
Gaika-Mbo[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21613 21613]69.152,796
Hogsback[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21614 21614]6.78648
Imingcangathelo[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21615 21615]24.564,849
Jingqi[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21616 21616]0.44190
Mhlangeni[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21617 21617]1.49116
Middledrift[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21618 21618]2.12665
Mlungisi[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21619 21619]1.23307
Moreson[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21620 21620]1.4884
Mpofu[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21621 21621]704.063,665
Ngqika[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21622 21622]18.991,580
Ngwalana[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21623 21623]32.971,922
Seymour[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21625 21625]2.211,552
Tamboekie Vlei[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21626 21626]1.18344
Tyhume[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21627 21627]116.928,238
Victoria East[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21628 21628]318.905,941
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/21624 21624]1,437.772,727

Politics

The municipal council consisted of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty 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 thirty-five seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/EC/EC127.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Nkonkobe |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=24 November 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/EC/EC127.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Nkonkobe |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=24 November 2013}}

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!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party !!colspan="4" align="center"| Votes !!colspan="3" align="center"| Seats

WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Party name with colour |African National Congress}}

| 29,342

31,92361,26582.8201535
{{Party name with colour |Congress of the People (South African political party)}}

| 2,072

2,2484,3205.8022
{{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 1,800

1,8343,6344.9022
{{Party name with colour |Independent (politics)}}

| 3,339

3,3394.511
{{Party name with colour |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 757

4881,2451.7011
{{Party name with colour |United Democratic Movement}}

| 19

2052240.3000
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 37,329

36,69874,027100.0212041
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 1,184

1,7022,886

References

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