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Inxuba Yethemba
Local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°11′S 25°37′E / 32.183°S 25.617°E / -32.183; 25.617
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Seat	Cradock
Wards	9
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Raymond Zenzile Shweni (ANC)
• Speaker	Maria Nortje (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Thembisile Bobo (ANC)
Area
• Total	11,663 km (4,503 sq mi)
Population
• Total	65,560
• Density	5.6/km (15/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	56.2%
• Coloured	32.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	10.5%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	50.0%
• Afrikaans	44.6%
• English	3.1%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC131

Inxuba Yethemba Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Inxuba Yethemba; Afrikaans: Inxuba Yethemba Munisipaliteit), formerly known as Cradock Municipality, is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Cradock.

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
2. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Results Summary – All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
4. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
5. Lookup Tables – Statistics South Africa

External links

• Official website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: Queenstown (Komani)
Intsika Yethu	Bolotwa (Bholothwa) Cofimvaba Ncora (Ncorha) Qamata St Mark’s Tsomo
Enoch Mgijima	Baccle's Farm Ezibeleni Hofmeyr Imvani Lesseyton Molteno Mpofu Queenstown (Komani) Sada Sterkstroom Tarkastad Tentergate Thornhill Tylden Whittlesea
Engcobo	Clarkebury Coghlan Engcobo (Ngcobo)
Emalahleni	Dordrecht Indwe Lady Frere (Cacadu)
Inxuba Yethemba	Cradock Middelburg Rosmead
Sakhisizwe	Cala Elliot (Khowa) Mbewuleni

v t e Municipalities of the Eastern Cape
Metropolitan	Buffalo City Nelson Mandela Bay
District and local	Sarah Baartman Blue Crane Route Dr Beyers Naudé Kou-Kamma Kouga Makana Ndlambe Sunday's River Valley Amathole Amahlathi Great Kei Mbhashe Mnquma Ngqushwa Raymond Mhlaba Chris Hani Dr AB Xuma Emalahleni Enoch Mgijima Intsika Yethu Inxuba Yethemba Sakhisizwe Joe Gqabi Elundini Senqu Walter Sisulu O.R. Tambo Ingquza Hill King Sabata Dalindyebo Mhlontlo Nyandeni Port St. Johns Alfred Nzo Matatiele Ntabankulu Umzimvubu Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
List of municipalities in the Eastern Cape

• Local municipalities of the Chris Hani District Municipality
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