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King Sabata Dalindyebo
Local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 31°35′02″S 28°47′17″E / 31.58389°S 28.78806°E / -31.58389; 28.78806
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	OR Tambo
Seat	Mthatha
Wards	35
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Goodman Nyaniso Nelani (ANC)
• Speaker	Thandeka Grace Maqoko (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Mzukisi Nyoka (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,027 km (1,169 sq mi)
Population
• Total	451,710
• Density	150/km (390/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	98.5%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.3%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	92.8%
• English	3.6%
• Other	3.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC157

King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase King Sabata Dalindyebo) is a local municipality situated in the inland of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality includes the towns of Mthatha and Mqanduli. The King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality is one of the seven local municipalities within the OR Tambo District Municipality.

The King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality was established before the 2000 local government elections when the Mthatha and Mqanduli transitional and rural areas were merged. The municipality was named after King Sabata Dalindyebo because his great place was in the region and he was seen as a hero who fought for the freedom of Transkei and South Africa.

Main places

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

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-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 forty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — King Sabata Dalindyebo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

External links

• King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality

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• Local municipalities of the OR Tambo District Municipality
• King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality