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:Place | Code | Area | Population |
Amacwera | 177.82 | 20,419 | |
Amampondomise | 109.24 | 12,566 | |
Amazizi | 0.35 | 0 | |
Asentshonalanga | 8.02 | 475 | |
Basuto | 7.95 | 0 | |
Bhele | 70.31 | 4,240 | |
Bovube | 197.19 | 18,717 | |
Culunca | 99.50 | 9,501 | |
Ebotwa | 203.35 | 22,254 | |
Emaqa-Kambani | 162.71 | 10,214 | |
Hala | 67.98 | 2,907 | |
Hlubi | 280.77 | 22,631 | |
Kambi | 6.87 | 369 | |
Ketani | 70.06 | 7,600 | |
Lwandlolubomvu | 48.43 | 1,625 | |
Makaula | 24.83 | 629 | |
Masizakhe | 293.67 | 18,661 | |
Matolandile/Zimelelandile | 32.91 | 52 | |
Mbalisweni | 125.22 | 10,021 | |
Mhlontlo | 19.82 | 6 | |
Ngqubusini | 106.95 | 5,855 | |
Ngwane | 16.95 | 633 | |
Northern Pondomise | 294.50 | 15,987 | |
Qumbu | 38.15 | 3,275 | |
Tsolo Part 1 | 53.97 | 5,678 | |
Tsolo Part 2 | 184.59 | 2,361 |
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.