Country South Africa Seat Grahamstown Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 4,376 km² Black african population 78% Province Eastern Cape | District Cacadu Wards 14 Municipal code EC104 White population 8.7% Native afrikaans speakers 14.8% | |
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Points of interest 1820 Settlers National, Albany Museum - South Afri, Makana Botanical Gardens, Observatory Museum, Old Provost Colleges and Universities Rhodes University, St Andrew's College, College of the Transfiguration | ||
Makana Local Municipality is the local municipality which governs the town of Grahamstown and surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It forms part of the Cacadu District Municipality. The municipality is named after a Xhosa prophet, Makana.
Contents
- Map of Grahamstown South Africa
- Main places
- Politics
- Friendship Co operation Agreement
- Provincial Administration
- References
Map of Grahamstown, South Africa
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
Friendship Co-operation Agreement
In February 2011, Makana Municipality entered into a "Friendship Co-operation Agreement" with Raseborg Municipality in Finland. The project, which is to last three years, seeks to facilitate information sharing in the fields of economic development, arts & culture, women development, youth development, and education.
Provincial Administration
On 28 August 2014 the Municipality was placed under administration in response to financial and infrastructural crises. The interim administration order, made in terms of section 139(1)(b) of the South African Constitution, is expected to be reviewed after three months. Shortly after the administration order was announced, news of a damning forensic report — the Kabuso report — naming several municipal officials purported to be involved in financial impropriety was made public.