Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Nelson Mandela Bay
Metropolitan municipality

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Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 33°57′S 25°36′E / 33.950°S 25.600°E / -33.950; 25.600Coordinates: 33°57′S 25°36′E / 33.950°S 25.600°E / -33.950; 25.600
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Seat Port Elizabeth
Wards 60
Government[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Athol Trollip (DA)[2]
Area
  Total 1,959 km2 (756 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 1,152,115
  Density 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[3]
  Black African 60.1%
  Coloured 23.6%
  Indian/Asian 1.1%
  White 14.4%
First languages (2011)[4]
  Xhosa 53.9%
  Afrikaans 29.3%
  English 13.5%
  Other 3.3%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code NMA

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Afrikaans: Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit) is one of eight Metropolitan (or Category A) municipalities in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape province, and comprises the city of Port Elizabeth, the nearby towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, and the surrounding rural area.

The name "Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality" was chosen to honour former President Nelson Mandela.

History

In 2001, the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality was formed as an administrative area covering Port Elizabeth, the neighbouring towns of Uitenhage and Despatch and the surrounding agricultural areas.

Demographics and statistics

Geographical distribution of home languages in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
  Afrikaans
  English
  Xhosa
  No language dominant

As of the census of 2001,[5] there are 1,005,776 people and 260,798 households in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. The official estimate of population in 2007 was 1,050,930.

In the 2007 census, 60.4% of respondents described themselves as Black African, 22.6% Coloured, 16.1% White and 0.9% Indian/Asian.

The largest religious groupings are Christian (89.4% of residents), No Religion (6.1%), Muslim (1.5%), Jewish (0.4%) and Hindu (0.3%).

57.3% of the residents speak Xhosa as their mother tongue. Afrikaans is the mother tongue of 29.7%, and English, 12.1%.

According to the 2009 edition of the municipality's 2006–2011 Integrated Development Plan, manufacturing is the single largest contributor to the local economy (33%), followed by community services (27%). Tourism represents a key sector of the economy that has increasingly contributed to job creation in recent years, thanks in large part to the municipality's seaside location and its abundance of unspoiled beaches, of which four carry Blue Flag status.[6]

100% of households have access to a source of water within a 200 m radius. 91% of households have access to a basic level of sanitation. 100% of households within the urban boundary have access to a basic level of solid waste removal, and 97% of households in formally demarcated municipal residential areas have access to a basic level of electricity. The municipality has 41 permanent and satellite clinics, 13 mobile clinics, eight hospitals, 22 libraries, 31 community and municipal halls, 79 sports facilities, 19 beaches, 18 pools, 273 schools, one university (the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University), four technical colleges and two Further Education and Training institutions.[6]

Government

The municipal council consists of one hundred and twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Sixty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in sixty wards, while the remaining sixty are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

The council has been dominated by the African National Congress since its inception until 2016. In the most recent election on 3 August 2016, the African National Congress lost their majority. The Democratic Alliance gained 57 seats, 4 seats short of a majority. On 17 August 2016, the Democratic Alliance announced a coalition government with the African Christian Democratic Party, the Congress of the People, and the United Democratic Movement.[7] The following table shows the results of the election.[8][9]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
Democratic Alliance 177,920 177,551 355,471 46.7 24 33 57
African National Congress 153,496 157,920 311,416 40.9 35 15 50
Economic Freedom Fighters 19,819 19,132 38,951 5.1 1 5 6
United Democratic Movement 7,600 6,969 14,569 1.9 0 2 2
African Independent Congress 1,078 6,144 7,222 1.0 0 1 1
United Front of the Eastern Cape 4,133 3,048 7,181 0.9 0 1 1
Independent 7,142 7,142 0.9 0 0 0
Congress of the People 2,929 2,658 5,587 0.7 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 1,399 1,313 2,712 0.4 0 1 1
Patriotic Alliance 930 1,110 2,040 0.3 0 1 1
Freedom Front Plus 976 941 1,917 0.3 0 0 0
Christian Democratic Party 1,254 133 1,386 0.2 0 0 0
Pan Africanist Congress 447 862 1,309 0.2 0 0 0
Alternative Democrats 287 942 1,229 0.2 0 0 0
African People's Convention 142 591 733 0.1 0 0 0
Independent Civic Organisation 256 467 723 0.1 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 303 358 661 0.1 0 0 0
Ubuntu Party 165 143 308 0.0 0 0 0
African Power Movement 150 96 246 0.0 0 0 0
Building a Cohesive Society 123 111 234 0.0 0 0 0
Total 380,548 380,489 761,037 100.0 60 60 120
Spoilt votes 6,954 6,569 13,523

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[10]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Beachview 275010.78500Afrikaans
Bethelsdorp 2750277.64134,617Afrikaans
Blue Horizon Bay 275032.74409Afrikaans
Cannonvale 275040.69196Afrikaans
Colchester 275051.28743Afrikaans
Despatch 2750638.7525,086Afrikaans
Gqebera 275071.9016,686Xhosa
Ibhayi 2750823.69255,826Xhosa
Kabah 275091.683,282Afrikaans
Khaya Mnandi 275100.825,379Xhosa
Kwa Langa 275110.708,196Xhosa
Kwadwesi 275125.1017,733Xhosa
Kwanobuhle 2751315.3487,585Xhosa
Motherwell 2751429.52117,319Xhosa
Port Elizabeth 27516335.30237,500Afrikaans
Seaview 275171.60732English
Uitenhage 2751884.7771,666Afrikaans
Woodridge 275190.56270Xhosa
Young Park 275200.52762Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 275151,328.7721,281Xhosa

Notes

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. "DA's Athol Trollip installed as new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor". Rand Daily Mail. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. "Census 2001 home page". Statistics South Africa.
  6. 1 2 "Integrated Development Plan 2006–2011 of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, 8th edition". Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  7. "DA locks down Nelson Mandela Bay with multi-party coalition". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  8. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nelson Mandela Bay" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. "Seat Calculation Detail: Nelson Mandela Bay" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  10. Lookup Tables – Statistics South Africa

See also

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