Intsika Yethu Municipality () is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality is one of the six local municipality in this district.Local Government. Intsika Yethu Local Municipality. is an isiXhosa word meaning "our pillars". South African Languages - Place names

Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Amabhele 2220150.392,901 Amahlubi 22202373.6621,761 Amazizi 22203153.626,614 Cofimvaba Part 1 2220423.224,654 Cofimvaba Part 2 2222546.483,612 Ehlatini 22205123.152,650 Emaqwatini 22206171.217,629 Engcobo 2220718.421,054 Gcaleka 2220845.974,041 Gcuwa 2220990.104,824 Hala 22210598.0227,005 Idutywa 2221180.355,513 Intsika Yethu 222129.2930 Jumba 2221391.596,216 KwaNkwenkwazi 22214187.2011,575 Lady Frere 2221512.46217 Mhlontlo 2221628.79597 Mtshanyana 22217273.5712,211 Ncora 22218177.979,755 Ndlunkulu 2221973.114,322 Ndungwana 22220267.0312,069 Qamata 22221478.4031,056 Qwebeqwebe 22222135.967,869 Tsomo Part 1 2222374.213,666 Tsomo Part 2 222266.80979 Xalanga 2222427.931,441

People In 2016, the population was 146,341City Population. INTSIKA YETHU (Local Municipality in South Africa). with an estimated population growth of 0.09% per year. This rural community is 99% Black with Xhosa as the most widely spoken language.

Villages within the district have a sense of community and often work collectively, forming communal networks to address their impoverished circumstances.Meyiwa, T., Letsekha, T. and Wiebesiek, L., 2013. Masihambisane, lessons learnt using participatory indigenous knowledge research approaches in a school-based collaborative project of the Eastern Cape. South African Journal of Education, 33(4), pp.1-15. Women generally head households and support their families through informal employment. They are primarily responsible for caring for the elderly and younger members of the family, providing food and gathering firewood.

The late political activist and former leader of the South African Communist Party, Chris Hani, was born in Intsika Yethu in the town of Sabalele. He grew up in a home with five siblings, his mother Nomayise and father Gilbert. The province commemorates the late Chris Hani with a statue, a municipality named after him and the annual Chris Hani Freedom Marathon, which is held on the route that Hani walked to school.Running For A Hero. 2017. Forbes Africa. Accessed 23 June 2017.

Infrastructure This predominantly rural area is characterised by poverty and unemployment, subsistence farming, food insecurity and diseases like HIV/AIDS. Natural disasters such as drought, erosion, and floods and a lack of adequate emergency plans make pre-existing shortages worse.

Intsika Yethu is part of the greater Chris Hani District Municipality that was reported as one of three HIV/AIDS hotspots in the Eastern Cape. This, while the prevalence of new infections and the syndrome have decreased in other districts in the province.Bay one of three HIV/Aids hotspots. 2016. Herald Live. Accessed 23 June 2017.

The area remains underserviced with only 2.4% of the 35 851 households having piped water within their homes in 2016. In 2016, President Jacob Zuma launched the Ncora Bulk Water Project, a government initiative that committed to delivering water to areas in the Chris Hani District Municipality and other areas in the country. This project also aimed to broadened the areas’ economic activities.Zuma launches Ncora Bulk Water Project. 2016. IOL. Accessed 27 June 2017. Its main economic sectors include community services, trade and agriculture.

As part of Eskom’s mission to achieve widespread access to electricity for South Africans by 2020, 94 000 homes were connected over three years in the Eastern Cape. In 2016, 86.6% of the homes in Intsika Yethu had electricity.

Economy Many of the households rely on social grants as their sole source of income. The working-age population is largely absent in this region with poorly developed infrastructure and limited employment opportunities. Youth often migrate to the cities in search of work in labour-intensive industries like mining.

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-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 thirty-five seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election. Intsika Yethu local election, 1 November 2021 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 27,300 28,280 55,580 78.4% 21 14 35 2,995 3,249 6,244 8.8% 0 4 4 3,590 – 3,590 5.1% 0 – 0 783 1,192 1,975 2.8% 0 1 1 680 675 1,355 1.9% 0 1 1 369 767 1,136 1.6% 0 1 1 321 489 810 1.1% 0 0 0 2 192 194 0.3% 0 0 0 Total 36,040 34,844 70,884 21 21 42 Valid votes 36,040 34,844 70,884 97.2% Spoilt votes 809 1,256 2,065 2.8% Total votes cast 36,849 36,100 72,949 Voter turnout 36,925 Registered voters 75,098 Turnout percentage 49.2%

References

External links http://www.intsikayethu.gov.za/