ZF Mgcawu District Municipality
ZF Mgcawu Benede Oranje | |
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District municipality | |
![]() Location in South Africa | |
Coordinates: 28°0′S 21°30′E / 28.000°S 21.500°E / -28.000; 21.500 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
Seat | Upington |
Local municipalities | List
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Government [1] | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Gift van Staden |
Area | |
• Total | 102,524 km2 (39,585 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 236,783 |
• Density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) [2] | |
• Black African | 29.4% |
• Coloured | 60.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 8.2% |
First languages (2011) [2] | |
• Afrikaans | 76.4% |
• Tswana | 15.8% |
• Xhosa | 2.7% |
• English | 1.8% |
• Other | 3.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC8 |
The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (Afrikaans: ZF Mgcawu-distriksmunisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa ZF Mgcawu), known before 1 July 2013 as the Siyanda District Municipality,[3] is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Upington. As of 2011, the majority (76%) of its 236,783 residents speak Afrikaans.[4] The district code is DC8.
The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality is named after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu (1958–2001). The previous name Siyanda means "we are growing".
Geography
Neighbours
ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:
- the Republic of Botswana in the north
- John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45), formerly Kgalagadi, in the north-east
- Frances Baard (DC9) in the east
- Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south-east
- Namakwa (DC6) in the south-west
- the Republic of Namibia in the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:[needs update]
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
---|---|---|---|
//Khara Hais | 73 786 | 35.16% | Afrikaans |
Kai !Garib | 57 689 | 27.49% | Afrikaans |
Tsantsabane | 31 010 | 14.77% | Afrikaans |
!Kheis | 16 029 | 7.64% | Afrikaans |
Kgatelopele | 15 448 | 7.36% | Afrikaans |
Mier | 6 850 | 3.26% | Afrikaans |
District Management Area | 9 083 | 4.33% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Afrikaans | 171 371 | 81.65% |
Setswana | 28 595 | 13.62% |
IsiXhosa | 5 393 | 2.57% |
English | 1 632 | 0.78% |
Sesotho | 1 376 | 0.66% |
Other | 822 | 0.39% |
IsiZulu | 266 | 0.13% |
Sepedi | 101 | 0.05% |
IsiNdebele | 99 | 0.05% |
Tshivenda | 97 | 0.05% |
SiSwati | 76 | 0.04% |
Xitsonga | 67 | 0.03% |
Gender
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 107 480 | 51.21% |
Male | 102 403 | 48.79% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Coloured | 133 711 | 63.71% |
Black African | 51 353 | 24.47% |
White | 24 633 | 11.74% |
Indian/Asian | 186 | 0.09% |
Age
Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000 - 004 | 22 038 | 10.50% |
005 - 009 | 21 689 | 10.33% |
010 - 014 | 21 341 | 10.17% |
015 - 019 | 21 753 | 10.36% |
020 - 024 | 19 101 | 9.10% |
025 - 029 | 18 165 | 8.65% |
030 - 034 | 16 403 | 7.82% |
035 - 039 | 14 837 | 7.07% |
040 - 044 | 13 001 | 6.19% |
045 - 049 | 10 592 | 5.05% |
050 - 054 | 8 409 | 4.01% |
055 - 059 | 6 343 | 3.02% |
060 - 064 | 5 504 | 2.62% |
065 - 069 | 4 226 | 2.01% |
070 - 074 | 2 720 | 1.30% |
075 - 079 | 1 831 | 0.87% |
080 - 084 | 1 164 | 0.55% |
085 - 089 | 512 | 0.24% |
090 - 094 | 209 | 0.10% |
095 - 099 | 33 | 0.02% |
100 plus | 12 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Siyanda in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 131 760 [62.78% of total population]
- Total votes: 75 264 [35.86% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 57.12% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 50 826 | 67.53% |
Independent Democrats | 7 747 | 10.29% |
Democratic Alliance | 6 776 | 9.00% |
New National Party | 5 401 | 7.18% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 1 299 | 1.73% |
Freedom Front Plus | 1 269 | 1.69% |
United Democratic Movement | 690 | 0.92% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 372 | 0.49% |
Pan African Congress | 183 | 0.24% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 160 | 0.21% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 110 | 0.15% |
EMSA | 66 | 0.09% |
NA | 65 | 0.09% |
PJC | 59 | 0.08% |
KISS | 48 | 0.06% |
SOPA | 45 | 0.06% |
UF | 36 | 0.05% |
CDP | 32 | 0.04% |
NLP | 32 | 0.04% |
TOP | 28 | 0.04% |
Minority Front | 20 | 0.03% |
Total | 75 264 | 100.00% |
References
External links
- Official website
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