Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality
Raymond Mhlaba Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality], in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the 2016 [South African municipal elections|August 2016 local elections] by merging the Nkonkobe and Nxuba local municipalities.
Towns/villages in the municipal area
- Fort Beaufort
- Adelaide
- Alice
- Balfour
- Bedford
- Healdtown township
- Hogsback
- Katberg
- Middledrift
- Seymour
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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] won a majority of thirty-three seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.