Sakhisizwe Local Municipality
| Sakhisizwe | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape |
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| Coordinates: 30°55′S 26°41′E / 30.917°S 26.683°ECoordinates: 30°55′S 26°41′E / 30.917°S 26.683°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Chris Hani | |
| Seat | Cala | |
| Wards | 9 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Mlamli Jentile | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,355 km2 (909 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 63,582 | |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 97.7% | |
| • Coloured | 0.8% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% | |
| • White | 1.1% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Xhosa | 92.2% | |
| • English | 2.7% | |
| • Afrikaans | 1.8% | |
| • Sign language | 1.2% | |
| • Other | 2.1% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC138 | |
Sakhisizwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Sakhisizwe is an isiXhosa name meaning "we are building the nation".
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 (ANC) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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