Blue Crane Route Local Municipality
Blue Crane Route
Bloukraanroete | |
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.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′S 25°35′E / 32.717°S 25.583°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Seat | Somerset East |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) [n 1] |
| • Chief Whip | Neliswa Nkonyeni (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,068 km2 (4,273 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 36,002 |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 59.0% |
| • Coloured | 33.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 6.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 51.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 43.2% |
| • English | 3.4% |
| • Other | 2.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC102 |
Blue Crane Route Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.[4]
Main places[edit]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bongweni | 20202 | 3,776 | Xhosa |
| Cookhouse | 20203 | 1,415 | Xhosa |
| Khayanisho | 20204 | 1,448 | Xhosa |
| KwaNojoli | 20205 | 8,132 | Xhosa |
| Pearston | 20206 | 2,596 | Afrikaans |
| Petersburg | 29103 | 39 | Afrikaans |
| Somerset East | 20207 | 8,456 | Xhosa |
| Remainder of the municipality | 20201 | 9,196 | Xhosa |
Politics[edit]
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining 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 1 November 2021, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election[6]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 5,223 | 56.25 | 4 | 5,260 | 56.50 | 2 | 6 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 3,455 | 37.21 | 2 | 3,450 | 37.06 | 2 | 4 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 582 | 6.27 | 0 | 575 | 6.18 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 6 | 0.06 | 0 | 25 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 20 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 9,286 | 100.00 | 6 | 9,310 | 100.00 | 5 | 11 | |
| Valid votes | 9,286 | 98.73 | 9,310 | 98.75 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 119 | 1.27 | 118 | 1.25 | ||||
| Total votes | 9,405 | 100.00 | 9,428 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 17,867 | 52.64 | 17,867 | 52.77 | ||||
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Manxoweni serves as the Mayor, Speaker and Chairperson of the Finance Committee.
References[edit]
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Blue Crane Route". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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