Umzimvubu

Umzimvubu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Alfred Nzo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.Umzimvubu, the name of the Mzimvubu River is an isiXhosa name which means "home of the hippopotamus".Umzimvubu Local Municipality falls within the Alfred Nzo District of the Eastern Cape Province. The Municipal area comprises an area of 2506 square kilometres. The Municipality has undergone a number of amendments in terms of municipal and ward demarcation which has a profound impact on planning in the area.For more information with regards to this municipality kindly visit the site below: http://www.umzimvubu.gov.za/Parallax/index.aspxMain placesThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:PoliticsThe municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six 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 (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.