Nyandeni Local Municipality is a
local municipality in the
OR Tambo District, situated in the
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
of
South Africa. Its administrative seat is the town of
Libode
Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the R61 road (future N2 Wild Coast Toll Route) from Port St Johns in the east to Mthatha in the west and serves as the administrative sea ...
. The entire municipal area falls within the former
Transkei homeland area.
The urban population is mainly located in the two small towns of
Libode
Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the R61 road (future N2 Wild Coast Toll Route) from Port St Johns in the east to Mthatha in the west and serves as the administrative sea ...
and
Ngqeleni.
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Scattered, low-density rural settlements dominate the municipality. 79% of households reside in traditional or village type settlements. These settlements are loosely scattered throughout the entire municipal area and are surrounded by communal grazing and arable lands. The majority of residential structures are self-built. Apart from a few trading stores, there is little sign of any significant economic activity within the rural settlements.
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Many of the families in the rural regions of the municipality were formerly supported by men who worked as migrant labour in local mines. Subsequent retrenchment at the mines has left these communities with scant means to survive.][
About 77% of households can be regarded as indigents with access to either no income or incomes of less than R800 (US $108) per month.]["Nyandeni Integrated Development Plan: Review 2009/2010."]
Nyandeni Local Municipality. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
The spread of HIV/AIDS is an extremely severe and urgent problem in the area. In 2009 the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate was as high as 50%-60% among tested cases; these cases were mainly females who participated in voluntary testing during their regular pregnancy visits to local clinics.[
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Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation
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. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards
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Division or unit
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, while the remaining thirty-two are chosen from party list
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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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links
Official website
{{Municipalities of the Eastern Cape
Local municipalities of the OR Tambo District Municipality