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Senqu
Local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
Seat	Lady Grey
Wards	19
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Nomvuyo Mposelwa (ANC)
• Speaker	Velile Stokhwe (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Mlifi Mshasha (ANC)
Area
• Total	7,329 km (2,830 sq mi)
Population
• Total	134,150
• Density	18/km (47/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	97.3%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	1.1%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	74.3%
• Sotho	20.2%
• Afrikaans	2.4%
• English	1.3%
• Other	1.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC142

Senqu Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Senqu; Sotho: Masepala wa Senqu) is a local municipality within the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Senqu is the Sesotho name for the Orange River.

Main places

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

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 an increased majority of twenty-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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Senqu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

External links

• http://www.senqumunicipality.co.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

30°42′S 27°14′E / 30.700°S 27.233°E / -30.700; 27.233

• Local municipalities of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality