The Mbhashe Municipality is a rural outpost of the
Eastern Cape
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of
South Africa.
The Mbhashe Municipality was constituted in terms of the Municipal Structures Act. No. 117 of 1998 (as amended) and comprises the areas that previously formed the
Elliotdale,
Willowvale and
Dutywa TLCs and TRCs. The Municipality is located in the North Eastern part of the
Amathole District Municipality's area of jurisdiction. The main administrative office of the Municipality is situated in Dutywa.
Its primary claim to fame is as the birthplace of the former president
Thabo Mbeki. The Mbanyana Falls, Mbhashe Cultural Village and Donald Wood's Snooker Room number among its attractions.
The name Mbashe is derived from
Xhosa. The municipality is named after the
Mbashe river that cuts through the three areas, namely Xhora (
Elliotdale), Gatyana (
Willowvale) and
Dutywa. The area also boasts the head offices of the
AmaXhosa Kingdom at Nqadu Great Place.
Main places
The
2001 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-three members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation
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. Thirty-two councillors are elected by
first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two
wards
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, while the remaining thirty-one are chosen from
party list
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s 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 forty-five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links
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{{Municipalities of the Eastern Cape
Local municipalities of the Amatole District Municipality