| Tsolwana | |
| 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: | Chris Hani |
| Seat: | Tarkastad |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 5 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | K Nqighi |
| Area Total Km2: | 6087 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 33281 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 91.0% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 5.8% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 2.8% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 84.3% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 8.5% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 2.8% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 2.3% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.1% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | EC132 |
Tsolwana Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Tsolwana is an isiXhosa name which means "something with a sharp ending or a tip", referring the mountains around the whole area.[4] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21901 | 34.36 | 7,777 | ||
| 21902 | 19.74 | 7,589 | ||
| 21903 | 5.44 | 4,523 | ||
| 21904 | 4.57 | 3,199 | ||
| 21905 | 1.09 | 3 | ||
| 21906 | 1.89 | 1,858 | ||
| 21908 | 1.15 | 3,612 | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 21907 | 5,956.66 | 3,949 |
The municipal council consisted of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five 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 seven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[6] [7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 7,405 | 7,684 | 15,089 | 73.5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 644 | 1,296 | 1,940 | 9.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 751 | 973 | 1,724 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1,618 | – | 1,618 | 7.9 | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| 26 | 142 | 168 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10,444 | 10,095 | 20,539 | 100.0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Spoilt votes | 218 | 328 | 546 | |||||