Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality (formerly Mbizana Local Municipality) is a local municipality in

Alfred Nzo District Municipality Alfred Nzo is one of the 6 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Alfred Nzo is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 801 344 people speak Xhosa. The district code is DC44. It is named after Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo, a form ...

in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape Province in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

. The name ''Mbizana'' means "little casserole" or "sauce pan" in

isiXhosa Xhosa (, ) also isiXhosa as an endonym, is a Nguni language and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8.2 million people and by another 11 million as a seco ...

. It was formerly part of the OR Tambo District Municipality, but was transferred to the

after the 2011 municipal election.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by

first-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two are chosen from

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s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the

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(ANC) won a majority of forty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Births

Mbizana Local Municipality was the birthplace of: *

Oliver Tambo Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 191724 April 1993) was a South African anti- apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991. Biography Higher education ...

(1917–1993), born in the village of

Nkantolo Nkantolo is a village in Mbizana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is known as the birthplace of former African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political par ...

, South African anti-apartheid politician *

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018), also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She ser ...

(1936-2018), born in the village of

Mbhongweni Mbhongweni (formerly Mbongweni) is a village in Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated 33 km away from Mbizana. The village is popularly known for the birth of Winnie Madikizela ...

, South African ANC Women's League leader *

Babalo Madikizela Babalo Madikizela is a South African urban planner and politician who served as the Eastern Cape MEC for Public Works from May 2019 to July 2022 and as a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from November 2018 to August 2022. Madik ...

, born in the village of Mbhongweni, South African politician & MEC.

Logos

Touristic attractions

* Umtamvuna Nature Reserve * Mbizana Nature Reserve * OR Tambo Cultural Village * OR Tambo Monument *Wild Coast Sun Resort * Umtentu sanctuary

Fauna and flora

* '' Ficus bizanae'' is a Southern African indigenous tree.

References

External links

* {{Municipalities of the Eastern Cape Local municipalities of the OR Tambo District Municipality