Mhlontlo Local Municipality


Mhlontlo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Mhlontlo was a chief of the Pondomise people during the 19th century.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Amacwera177.8220,419
Amampondomise109.2412,566
Amazizi0.350
Asentshonalanga8.02475
Basuto7.950
Bhele70.314,240
Bovube197.1918,717
Culunca99.509,501
Ebotwa203.3522,254
Emaqa-Kambani162.7110,214
Hala67.982,907
Hlubi280.7722,631
Kambi6.87369
Ketani70.067,600
Lwandlolubomvu48.431,625
Makaula24.83629
Masizakhe293.6718,661
Matolandile/Zimelelandile32.9152
Mbalisweni125.2210,021
Mhlontlo19.826
Ngqubusini106.955,855
Ngwane16.95633
Northern Pondomise294.5015,987
Qumbu38.153,275
Tsolo Part 153.975,678
Tsolo Part 2184.592,361

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-five 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 forty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.