Great Kei Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Great Kei) is a local municipality within the Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The word Kei is of Khoekhoe origin, meaning "sand". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River.[3]
Great Kei | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Seat | Qumrha |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Ngenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Ngenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Ndileka Kantshashe (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,736 km2 (670 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 38,991 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 91.3% |
| • Coloured | 1.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 7.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 88.8% |
| • English | 7.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.7% |
| • Other | 1.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC123 |
Main places
editThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chintsa East | 21202 | 3.80 | 1,317 |
| Chintsa | 21201 | 2.57 | 423 |
| Cwili | 21203 | 0.51 | 1,473 |
| Haga Haga | 21205 | 1.20 | 114 |
| Kei Mouth | 21206 | 3.20 | 284 |
| Qumrha | 21207 | 5.32 | 1,267 |
| Kwelerha Point | 21209 | 0.36 | 96 |
| Kwelerha | 21208 | 50.83 | 8,941 |
| Mooiplaas | 21210 | 145.07 | 17,281 |
| Morgans Bay | 21211 | 1.36 | 453 |
| Ocean View | 21212 | 0.17 | 67 |
| Qumrha | 21213 | 1.94 | 5,652 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 21204 | 1,519.30 | 7,087 |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 6,227 | 63.89 | 7 | 6,518 | 67.36 | 2 | 9 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,434 | 14.71 | 0 | 1,807 | 18.67 | 3 | 3 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 782 | 8.02 | 0 | 1,031 | 10.65 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,038 | 10.65 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Good | 165 | 1.69 | 0 | 170 | 1.76 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 60 | 0.62 | 0 | 91 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 40 | 0.41 | 0 | 60 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9,746 | 100.00 | 7 | 9,677 | 100.00 | 6 | 13 | |
| Valid votes | 9,746 | 98.60 | 9,677 | 98.29 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 138 | 1.40 | 168 | 1.71 | ||||
| Total votes | 9,884 | 100.00 | 9,845 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 17,935 | 55.11 | 17,935 | 54.89 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "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 — Great Kei". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 30 December 2021.