Nkonkobe Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Winterberg mountain range, Nkonkobe in isiXhosa. South African Languages - Place names The seat, as well as most offices, of the Municipality are in Fort Beaufort, but the Council's chambers in Alice are generally used for council meetings, being better equipped. Other towns served by the municipality are Seymour, Balfour, Hogsback and Middledrift. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Alice 2160121.978,009 Amagqunukwebe 21602576.5735,694 Amagwala 2160357.03854 Amajingqi 21604161.5711,441 Amakhuze 2160530.492,525 Balfour 216064.822,428 Bellvale 216072.00468 Bhofolo 216082.5412,098 Blinkwater 216095.171,041 Ekuphumuleni 216101.79436 Fort Beaufort 2161146.1910,093 Gaga 2161275.067,956 Gaika-Mbo 2161369.152,796 Hogsback 216146.78648 Imingcangathelo 2161524.564,849 Jingqi 216160.44190 Mhlangeni 216171.49116 Middledrift 216182.12665 Mlungisi 216191.23307 Moreson 216201.4884 Mpofu 21621704.063,665 Ngqika 2162218.991,580 Ngwalana 2162332.971,922 Seymour 216252.211,552 Tamboekie Vlei 216261.18344 Tyhume 21627116.928,238 Victoria East 21628318.905,941 Remainder of the municipality 216241,437.772,727
Politics The municipal council consisted of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 29,342 31,923 61,265 82.8 20 15 35 2,072 2,248 4,320 5.8 0 2 2 1,800 1,834 3,634 4.9 0 2 2 3,339 – 3,339 4.5 1 – 1 757 488 1,245 1.7 0 1 1 19 205 224 0.3 0 0 0 Total 37,329 36,698 74,027 100.0 21 20 41 Spoilt votes 1,184 1,702 2,886
References
External links Official website