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Mbizana Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Seat
  
Bizana

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
2,417 km²

Black african population
  
99.6%

Native xhosa speakers
  
93.8%

Province
  
Eastern Cape

District
  
Alfred Nzo

Wards
  
31

Municipal code
  
EC443

White population
  
0.1%

Native english speakers
  
2%

Native zulu speakers
  
1.5%


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Mbizana Local Municipality is a local municipality in OR Tambo District in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Its name means "little casserole" or "sauce pan" in isiXhosa.

Contents

Map of Bizana, South Africa

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 fifty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Births

Mbizana Local Municipality was the birthplace of:

  • Oliver Tambo (1917–1993), born in the village of Nkantolo, South African anti-apartheid politician
  • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936-), born in the village of Mbongweni, South African ANC Women's League leader
  • Touristic attractions

  • Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
  • Mbizana Nature Reserve
  • OR Tambo Cultural Village
  • OR Tambo Monument
  • Fauna and flora

  • Ficus bizanae is a Southern African indigenous tree.
  • References

    Mbizana Local Municipality Wikipedia