Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality
Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Ngcobo is an isiXhosa word for a sweet grass found in the area.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Amantondo | 132.82 | 7,033 | |
| Amaqwati | 167.65 | 16,863 | |
| Dumalisile | 128.98 | 8,330 | |
| Ngcobo | 26.55 | 6,124 | |
| Gqutyini | 259.73 | 12,165 | |
| Hala | 185.31 | 13,339 | |
| Jumba | 279.27 | 16,774 | |
| Luhewini | 149.02 | 14,707 | |
| Moshi | 171.90 | 11,447 | |
| Sidindi | 386.90 | 23,005 | |
| Singqumeni | 166.64 | 6,113 | |
| Tara | 46.35 | 3,190 | |
| Upper Gqobonco | 157.67 | 9,319 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member [proportional representation]. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African [municipal election|election of 1 November 2021], the African National Congress won a majority of thirty-two seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.