Ngqushwa Local Municipality


Ngqushwa Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Amahlubi25.881,095
Amambalu64.29144
Bhele71.605,626
Dabi9.961,010
Glenmore13.181,373
Hamburg3.30193
Imidushane345.4115,216
Imiqayi176.7314,947
Mareledwana243.1710,774
Mhala101.295,355
Mpheweni0.2827
Msuthu70.894,515
Ngqushwa158.71233
Njokweni86.224,667
Peddie Part 1653.4710,791
Peddie Part 29.773,696
Tyefu211.154,583

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve 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 election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of twenty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.