Umzimvubu Local Municipality


Umzimvubu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Alfred Nzo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Umzimvubu, the name of the Mzimvubu River is an isiXhosa name which means "home of the hippopotamus". Umzimvubu Local Municipality falls within the Alfred Nzo District of the Eastern Cape Province. The Municipal area comprises an area of 2506 square kilometres.
The municipality has undergone a number of amendments in terms of municipal and ward demarcation which has a profound impact on planning in the area.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Amahlubi92.172,814Xhosa
Bakoena528.4031,417Sotho
Bhele2.66540Xhosa
Fikeni142.3015,767Xhosa
Hlubi52.814,233Xhosa
Ludidi281.3313,846Xhosa
Lupindo187.8912,034Xhosa
Lwandlolubomvu3.76787Xhosa
Makaula1,488.73100,632Xhosa
Malubelube68.6821,730Xhosa
Mandileni296083
296101
296102
296149		11.702,267Xhosa
Manguzela117.5412,044Xhosa
Matandela98.754,985Xhosa
Maxesibeni97.925,512Xhosa
Mosesh474.5435,501Sotho
Mount Ayliff19.524,881Xhosa
Mount Frere14.747,655Xhosa
Mpoza210.0411,604Xhosa
Mzongwana244.8413,100Xhosa
Sibi326.4230,275Xhosa
Umzimvubu Part 155.552,268Xhosa
Umzimvubu Part 2162.00721Xhosa
Xesibe385.5941,825Xhosa

Politics

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