Mbizana Local Municipality
Mbizana Local Municipality is a local municipality in Alfred Nzo District Municipality in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.
Its name means "little casserole" or "sauce pan" in isiXhosa.
It was formerly part of the OR Tambo District Municipality, but was transferred to the Alfred Nzo District Municipality after the 2011 municipal election.Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Amadiba | | 433.70 | 28,421 | Xhosa |
| Amandela | | 8.78 | 2,297 | Xhosa |
| Amandengane | | 46.81 | 3,583 | Xhosa |
| Amangutyana | | 286.10 | 35,871 | Xhosa |
| Amantshangase | | 108.38 | 7,104 | Xhosa |
| Amapisi | | 122.89 | 9,909 | Xhosa |
| Bala | | 18.03 | 3,935 | Xhosa |
| Bizana | | 23.96 | 4,110 | Xhosa |
| Imizizi | | 541.81 | 67,728 | Xhosa |
| Ntlenzi | | 360.60 | 31,706 | Xhosa |
| Ntshamate | | 15.02 | 3,706 | Xhosa |
| Tsikelo | | 345.75 | 41,453 | Xhosa |
| Xesibe | | 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 won a majority of fifty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.Births
Mbizana Local Municipality was the birthplace of:
