Walter Sisulu Local Municipality


Walter Sisulu Municipality is a local municipality within the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality was formed by merging the Maletswai and Gariep local municipalities immediately after the August 2016 local municipal elections.

Main places

Main places in the municipality are:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Aliwal North7.9516,001
Burgersdorp27.925,241
Dukathole4.9819,152
Jamestown11.984,666
Khayamnandi2.674,724
Mzamomhle1.274,656
Venterstad0.471,393
Oviston358.88658
Steynsburg14.702,488
Tembisa1.746,094
Venterstad17.593,596
Remainder of the municipality plus 12,791.958,807

Neighbours

The neighbour of Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality is Senqu Local Municipality to the East. South of Walter Sisulu lies the Chris Hani District Municipality. On the Free State side is Mohokare Local Municipality in the Xhariep District Municipality.

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 elections the African National Congress won a reduced majority of twelve seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.