Senqu Municipality (; ) 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. 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 Amaqwati 2270162.984,284 Amavundla 2270286.378,123 Barkly East 2270316.104,292 Basoto 22704250.7431,727 Batlokoa 22705127.835,054 Herschel 227064.89561 Hlubi 227071,061.3751,548 Khwezinaledi 227080.814,793 Lady Grey 2270923.751,312 Mfelandawonye 227100.0527 Myamane 22711122.049,296 Nkululeko 227120.534,077 Polar Park 227130.05630 Rhodes 2271410.28129 Rossouw 227150.66302 Sterkspruit 227174.021,557 Zakhele 227180.14377 Zola 227190.02337 Remainder of the municipality 227164,998.126,736
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
External links http://www.senqumunicipality.co.za/