Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

For the municipality in Mpumalanga, see Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga.

Emalahleni Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiXhosa word meaning "a place of coal".^[4]

Emalahleni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Seat	Cacadu
Wards	17
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ntombizanele Koni (ANC)
• Speaker	Dumisa Kalolo (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Thozama Mrwebi (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,447 km2 (1,331 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	119,460
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	98.5%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Xhosa	95.2%
• English	1.5%
• Afrikaans	1.2%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC136

Politics

Main article: Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape elections

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 a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[5]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	24,405	79.73	17	24,926	81.52	11	28
	Democratic Alliance	1,889	6.17	0	1,946	6.36	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,608	5.25	0	1,634	5.34	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	620	2.03	0	767	2.51	1	1
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	619	2.02	0	703	2.30	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,003	3.28	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	259	0.85	0	422	1.38	0	0
	African People's Convention	205	0.67	0	179	0.59	0	0
Total		30,608	100.00	17	30,577	100.00	17	34
Valid votes		30,608	98.04		30,577	97.89
Invalid/blank votes		611	1.96		660	2.11
Total votes		31,219	100.00		31,237	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		59,230	52.71		59,230	52.74

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[6]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Cacadu	22301	245.07	13,780
Cala	22302	9.68	57
Dordrecht	22303	15.67	4,454
Emaqwatini	22305	27.01	1,920
Eqolombeni	22306	61.56	1,603
Guba	22307	315.77	8,807
Hala	22308	114.03	2,835
Indwe	22309	12.17	1,425
Cacadu	22310	24.71	729
Lakishi	22311	23.79	3,557
Macubeni	22312	350.56	16,760
Manyano	22313	0.16	1,370
Mavuya	22314	0.59	3,023
Mhlontlo	22315	340.69	18,960
Mzamomhle	22316	0.29	880
Nonesi	22317	557.59	28,776
Sinakho	22318	1.39	4,279
Remainder of the municipality	22304	1,134.11	2,732