Tsolwana Local Municipality
Tsolwana Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris [Hani District Municipality|Chris Hani District] of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Tsolwana is an isiXhosa name which means "something with a sharp ending or a tip", referring the mountains around the whole area. After municipal elections, 2016|municipal elections] on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.
Main places
The South [African National Census of 2001|2001 census] divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Amaqwati | 34.36 | 7,777 | |
| Amavundle | 19.74 | 7,589 | |
| Basoto | 5.44 | 4,523 | |
| Hofmeyer | 4.57 | 3,199 | |
| Lammermoor | 1.09 | 3 | |
| Tarkastad | 1.89 | 1,858 | |
| Zola | 1.15 | 3,612 | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 5,956.66 | 3,949 |
Politics
The municipal council consisted of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the South African [municipal election, 2011|election of 18 May 2011] the African National Congress won a majority of seven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.