Ingquza Hill Local Municipality
Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, previously known as Qaukeni, is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Place | Code | Area | Population |
Amakwalo | 123.86 | 8,467 | |
Amanci | 5.21 | 706 | |
Amantlane | 117.16 | 12,588 | |
Awahlwazi | 25.03 | 4,082 | |
Bala | 134.39 | 15,995 | |
Emtweni | 53.32 | 2,023 | |
Flagstaff | 13.77 | 3,069 | |
Gunyeni | 45.12 | 13,493 | |
Lusikisiki | 21.04 | 9,079 | |
Lwandlolubomvu | 1.24 | 78 | |
Mkambati | 173.29 | 800 | |
Mtshayelo | 14.63 | 1,980 | |
Mxobo | 86.08 | 9,632 | |
Ndimakude | 16.10 | 1,765 | |
Sipaqeni | 249.31 | 34,069 | |
Taweni | 342.85 | 35,362 | |
Xopozo | 79.49 | 7,835 | |
Remainder of the municipality | 958.25 | 94,357 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two 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 won a majority of fifty-three seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.