Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality


Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, formerly known as Cradock Local Municipality, is a local municipality in Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape. The seat is Cradock.

Politics

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of eleven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Cradock123.9912,327
KwaNonzame2.755,591
Lingelihle4.9218,966
Middelburg160.1012,523
Remainder of the municipality11,302.8910,891