Walter Sisulu Local Municipality

Walter Sisulu
Local municipality
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°41′S 26°42′E / 30.683°S 26.700°E / -30.683; 26.700
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
Seat	Burgersdorp
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bulelwa Khweyiya (ANC)
• Speaker	Nalisile Simon Mathetha (ANC)
• Chief Whip	Norah Ngubo (ANC)
Area [1]
• Total	13,269 km2 (5,123 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	77,477
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	79.9%
• Coloured	11.9%
• White	7.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC145

Walter Sisulu Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Walter Sisulu; Afrikaans: Walter Sisulu Munisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Walter Sisulu) is a local municipality within the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality was formed by merging the Maletswai and Gariep local municipalities immediately after the August 2016 local municipal elections. ^[2]

Main places in the municipality (historical Gariep and Maletswai) are:^[3]

The neighbour of Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality (DC14) is Senqu Local Municipality to the East. South of Walter Sisulu lies the Chris Hani District Municipality (DC13). On the Free State side is Mohokare Local Municipality in the Xhariep District Municipality (DC16).

The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of twelve seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.^[4]