Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality

Enoch Mgijima
Coordinates: 31°43′08″S 26°19′08″E / 31.719°S 26.319°E / -31.719; 26.319
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictChris Hani
SeatKomani
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMadoda Papiyana (elected December 2022)[1] (ANC)
 • SpeakerBongiwe Gladness van Heerden (ANC)
 • Chief WhipNombuyiselo Selka Ndlebe (ANC)
Area
 • Total13,584 km2 (5,245 sq mi)
Population
 (2011, 2022)[2]
 • Total245,975 297,055
Black African 269,952

White 10,685 Asian 1,622 Coloured 13,003

Other group 1,744
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC139

Enoch Mgijima Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Enoch Mgijima) is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Tsolwana, Inkwanca, and Lukhanji local municipalities.[3]

  1. ^ Menzelwa, Zolile. "Madoda Papiyana elected as new Enoch Mgijima LM executive mayor". News24. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tsolwana, Inkwanca, Lukhanji.
  3. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.

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