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Mbhashe
Local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Seat	Dutywa
Wards	31
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Samkelo Nicholas Janda (ANC)
• Speaker	Babalwa Majavu (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Mandla Sibingibingi (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,169 km (1,224 sq mi)
Population
• Total	254,909
• Density	80/km (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	95.7%
• English	1.6%
• Other	2.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC121

Mbhashe Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Mbhashe) is a local municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality was constituted in terms of the Municipal Structures Act of 1998 and comprises the areas that previously formed the Elliotdale, Willowvale and Dutywa town councils. The municipality is located in the north eastern part of the Amathole District Municipality. The main administrative office is situated in Dutywa.

Its primary claim to fame is as the birthplace of former President Thabo Mbeki. The Mbanyana Falls, Mbhashe Cultural Village and Donald Wood's Snooker Room number among its attractions. The word Mbashe is derived from isiXhosa. The municipality is named after the Mbashe River. The area also boasts the head offices of the AmaXhosa Kingdom at the Nqadu Great Place.

Main places

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

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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-five 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. Mbhashe Municipality Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbhashe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

External links

• Official website

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 Amatole District Municipality