# Amahlathi Local Municipality

Amahlathi Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Amahlathi) is a local municipality within the Amatole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa word meaning "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of the area. From 1972 to 1994, much of the land now encompassing the municipality was part of the former Ciskei bantustan.

## Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area (km$^2$) | Population |
| Amahlathi | 21301 | 86.06 | 11,511 |
| Amantinde | 21302 | 2.83 | 2,148 |
| Amazizi | 21303 | 258.26 | 13,230 |
| Cathcart | 21304 | 51.47 | 2,073 |
| Cumakala | 21305 | 3.48 | 12,424 |
| Daliwe | 21306 | 0.53 | 2,704 |
| Dohne | 21307 | 0.42 | 0 |
| Eluxolweni | 21308 | 11.66 | 2,372 |
| Emthonjeni | 21309 | 7.17 | 1,242 |
| Frankfort | 21310 | 0.28 | 362 |
| Gxulu | 21311 | 0.73 | 96 |
| Heckel | 21312 | 6.07 | 462 |
| Hlubi | 21313 | 1.00 | 2,145 |
| Katikati | 21314 | 8.16 | 3,212 |
| Keiskammahoek North | 21316 | 370.99 | 22,455 |
| Keiskammahoek | 21315 | 5.38 | 2,302 |
| Lusikisiki | 21317 | 18.49 | 523 |
| Marienthal | 21318 | 0.73 | 130 |
| Ngqika | 21319 | 172.63 | 9,534 |
| Peelton | 21320 | 18.86 | 13,035 |
| Stutterheim Part 1 | 21321 | 67.58 | 5,052 |
| Stutterheim Part 2 | 21327 | 6.17 | 4,962 |
| Toise | 21322 | 73.59 | 2,757 |
| Zali's Location | 21323 | 19.14 | 1,364 |
| Zibula | 21324 | 49.76 | 3,570 |
| Zwelitsha | 21325 | 37.74 | 8,651 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 21326 | 2,986.57 | 10,705 |

## Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 16,049 | 70.14 | 14 | 17,236 | 76.00 | 9 | 23 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 2,110 | 9.22 | 0 | 2,264 | 9.98 | 3 | 3 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,431 | 6.25 | 0 | 1,660 | 7.32 | 2 | 2 |
| | Independent candidates | 2,478 | 10.83 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | African People's Convention | 369 | 1.61 | 0 | 305 | 1.34 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 84 | 0.37 | 0 | 301 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Transformation Movement | 146 | 0.64 | 0 | 236 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 |
| | African Independent Congress | 30 | 0.13 | 0 | 351 | 1.55 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 55 | 0.24 | 0 | 90 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 |
| | Congress of the People | 59 | 0.26 | 0 | 65 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Independent Movement | 65 | 0.28 | 0 | 57 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
| | Inkatha Freedom Party | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 81 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Freedom Party | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 34 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 22,880 | 100.00 | 15 | 22,680 | 100.00 | 15 | 30 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 22,880 | 97.79 | | 22,680 | 97.04 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 516 | 2.21 | | 691 | 2.96 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 23,396 | 100.00 | | 23,371 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 49,510 | 47.26 | | 49,510 | 47.20 | | |