| Nkonkobe | |
| Settlement Type: | Former local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in the Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Amathole |
| Seat: | Fort Beaufort |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 21 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Anele Ntsangani |
| Area Total Km2: | 3626 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 127115 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 94.5% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 4.0% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 1.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 90.1% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 5.0% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 2.7% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.2% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | EC127 |
Nkonkobe Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Winterberg mountain range, Nkonkobe in isiXhosa.[4] The seat, as well as most offices, of the Municipality are in Fort Beaufort, but the Council's chambers in Alice are generally used for council meetings, being better equipped. Other towns served by the municipality are Seymour, Balfour, Hogsback and Middledrift. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21601 | 21.97 | 8,009 | ||
| 21602 | 576.57 | 35,694 | ||
| 21603 | 57.03 | 854 | ||
| 21604 | 161.57 | 11,441 | ||
| 21605 | 30.49 | 2,525 | ||
| 21606 | 4.82 | 2,428 | ||
| 21607 | 2.00 | 468 | ||
| 21608 | 2.54 | 12,098 | ||
| 21609 | 5.17 | 1,041 | ||
| 21610 | 1.79 | 436 | ||
| 21611 | 46.19 | 10,093 | ||
| 21612 | 75.06 | 7,956 | ||
| 21613 | 69.15 | 2,796 | ||
| 21614 | 6.78 | 648 | ||
| 21615 | 24.56 | 4,849 | ||
| 21616 | 0.44 | 190 | ||
| 21617 | 1.49 | 116 | ||
| 21618 | 2.12 | 665 | ||
| 21619 | 1.23 | 307 | ||
| 21620 | 1.48 | 84 | ||
| 21621 | 704.06 | 3,665 | ||
| 21622 | 18.99 | 1,580 | ||
| 21623 | 32.97 | 1,922 | ||
| 21625 | 2.21 | 1,552 | ||
| 21626 | 1.18 | 344 | ||
| 21627 | 116.92 | 8,238 | ||
| 21628 | 318.90 | 5,941 | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 21624 | 1,437.77 | 2,727 |
The municipal council consisted of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[6] [7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 29,342 | 31,923 | 61,265 | 82.8 | 20 | 15 | 35 | ||
| 2,072 | 2,248 | 4,320 | 5.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1,800 | 1,834 | 3,634 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3,339 | – | 3,339 | 4.5 | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| 757 | 488 | 1,245 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 205 | 224 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37,329 | 36,698 | 74,027 | 100.0 | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,184 | 1,702 | 2,886 | |||||