Walter Sisulu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the

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. The municipality was formed by the merging of Maletswai and

Gariep Local Municipality Gariep Local Municipality is a defunct local municipality (South Africa), local municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape. The municipality was merged with Maletswai Local Municipality immediately after the August 2016 Local M ...

immediately after the August 2016 Local Municipal Elections.

Main places

Main places in the municipality (historical Gariep and Maletswai) are:

Neighbours

The neighbour of Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality (DC14) is

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to the East. South of Walter Sisulu lies the

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(DC13). On the Free State side is

Mohokare Local Municipality Mohokare Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word for Caledon River, which runs through the municipality. Main places The 2011 census divided the municip ...

in the

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(DC16).

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by

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. Eleven councillors are elected by

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in eleven

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, while the remaining eleven 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

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the

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(ANC) won a reduced majority of twelve seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

{{Municipalities of the Eastern Cape Local municipalities of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality