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:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Amaqwati34.367,777
Amavundle19.747,589
Basoto5.444,523
Hofmeyer4.573,199
Lammermoor1.093
Tarkastad1.891,858
Zola1.153,612
Remainder of the municipality5,956.663,949

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.