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:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Amantondo132.827,033
Amaqwati167.6516,863
Dumalisile128.988,330
Ngcobo26.556,124
Gqutyini259.7312,165
Hala185.3113,339
Jumba279.2716,774
Luhewini149.0214,707
Moshi171.9011,447
Sidindi386.9023,005
Singqumeni166.646,113
Tara46.353,190
Upper Gqobonco157.679,319

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.