Misplaced Pages

Ntabankulu
Local municipality
Seal
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	Alfred Nzo
Seat	Tabankulu
Wards	18
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Priscilla Tsileng Sobuthongo (ANC)
• Speaker	Vuyokazi Matwasa (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Sesulo Sophaqa (ANC)
Area
• Total	1,385 km (535 sq mi)
Population
• Total	123,976
• Density	90/km (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	95.2%
• English	1.4%
• Other	3.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC444

Ntabankulu Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Ntabankulu) is a local municipality within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa word meaning "great or big mountain", since the municipal area is mountainous in character.

It was formerly part of the OR Tambo District Municipality, but was transferred to the Alfred Nzo District Municipality after the 2011 municipal election.

Main places

The 2011 census for the Ntabankulu Municipality states a population of 123,976 with these most populated main places

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 thirty-one 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. South African Languages - Place names
5. "MFMA Circular No. 54: Municipal Budget Circular for the 2011/12 MTREF" (PDF). National Treasury. 10 December 2010. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
6. "Census 2011: Local Municipality: Ntabankulu". census2011.adrianfrith.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
7. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ntabankulu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

External links

• http://www.ntabankulu.gov.za/

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 OR Tambo District Municipality