Blue Crane Route
Bloukraanroete | |
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Coordinates: 32°43′S 25°35′E / 32.717°S 25.583°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Sarah Baartman |
Seat | Somerset East |
Wards | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
• Speaker | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) [n 1] |
• Chief Whip | Neliswa Nkonyeni (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 11,068 km2 (4,273 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 36,002 |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 59.0% |
• Coloured | 33.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 6.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 51.3% |
• Afrikaans | 43.2% |
• English | 3.4% |
• Other | 2.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | EC102 |
Blue Crane Route Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Place | Code | Population | Most spoken language |
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Bongweni | 20202 | 3,776 | Xhosa |
Cookhouse | 20203 | 1,415 | Xhosa |
Khayanisho | 20204 | 1,448 | Xhosa |
KwaNojoli | 20205 | 8,132 | Xhosa |
Pearston | 20206 | 2,596 | Afrikaans |
Petersburg | 29103 | 39 | Afrikaans |
Somerset East | 20207 | 8,456 | Xhosa |
Remainder of the municipality | 20201 | 9,196 | Xhosa |
Main article: Blue Crane Route Local Municipality elections |
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election[6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 5,223 | 56.25 | 4 | 5,260 | 56.50 | 2 | 6 | |
Democratic Alliance | 3,455 | 37.21 | 2 | 3,450 | 37.06 | 2 | 4 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 582 | 6.27 | 0 | 575 | 6.18 | 1 | 1 | |
African Transformation Movement | 6 | 0.06 | 0 | 25 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent candidates | 20 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 9,286 | 100.00 | 6 | 9,310 | 100.00 | 5 | 11 | |
Valid votes | 9,286 | 98.73 | 9,310 | 98.75 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 119 | 1.27 | 118 | 1.25 | ||||
Total votes | 9,405 | 100.00 | 9,428 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 17,867 | 52.64 | 17,867 | 52.77 |