Capricorn District Municipality

The Capricorn District Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Selete wa Capricorn) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The capital is Polokwane. As of 2011, the vast majority of its 1,261,463 residents spoke Northern Sotho as their home language. The district code is DC35.

Capricorn
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 23°53′S 29°26′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
Seat	Polokwane
Local municipalities	List Blouberg Molemole Polokwane Lepelle-Nkumpi
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	John Mpe[2]
Area
• Total	21,705 km2 (8,380 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,261,463
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016) [3]
• Black African	97%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2%
First languages (2011) [4]
• Northern Sotho	84.9%
• Afrikaans	3.0%
• Tsonga	2.6%
• English	2.0%
• Other	7.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC35

Geography

Neighbours

Capricorn is surrounded by:

• Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east
• Mopani (DC33) east
• Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south
• Waterberg (DC36) to the west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Polokwane	508 272	44.02%	Northern Sotho
Lepelle-Nkumpi	227 965	19.74%	Northern Sotho
Blouberg	161 326	13.97%	Northern Sotho
Aganang (was amalgamated into other municipalities in 2016)	147 686	12.79%	Northern Sotho
Molemole	109 442	9.48%	Northern Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language	Population	%
Northern Sotho	1 055 421	84.90%
Afrikaans	36 901	2.97%
Tsonga	32 379	2.60%
English	25 177	2.03%
Ndebele	24 733	1.99%
Other	18 489	1.49%
Venda	17 477	1.41%
Zulu	11 671	0.94%
Sotho	8 170	0.66%
Tswana	6 990	0.56%
Xhosa	2 167	0.17%
Swati	1 418	0.11%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	671 220	53.21%
Male	590 242	46.79%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	1 211 874	96.07%
White African	35 470	2.81%
Coloured	6 271	0.50%
Indian/Asian	5 234	0.41%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	130 815	11.33%
005 - 009	157 650	13.65%
010 - 014	165 920	14.37%
015 - 019	152 744	13.23%
020 - 024	99 157	8.59%
025 - 029	75 833	6.57%
030 - 034	63 494	5.50%
035 - 039	59 857	5.18%
040 - 044	49 348	4.27%
045 - 049	41 593	3.60%
050 - 054	34 780	3.01%
055 - 059	26 819	2.32%
060 - 064	27 205	2.36%
065 - 069	21 739	1.88%
070 - 074	19 736	1.71%
075 - 079	10 620	0.92%
080 - 084	10 541	0.91%
085 - 089	3 649	0.32%
090 - 094	1 978	0.17%
095 - 099	857	0.07%
100 plus	338	0.03%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Capricorn in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 601 852 [52.12% of total population]
• Total votes: 341 004 [29.53% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 56.66% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	301 125	88.31%
Democratic Alliance	14 208	4.17%
United Democratic Movement	6 238	1.83%
African Christian Democratic Party	4 571	1.34%
Pan African Congress	3 143	0.92%
Azanian People's Organisation	2 921	0.86%
Freedom Front Plus	2 296	0.67%
New National Party	2 249	0.66%
Independent Democrats	764	0.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party	587	0.17%
United Christian Democratic Party	497	0.15%
NA	491	0.14%
EMSA	328	0.10%
SOPA	300	0.09%
PJC	277	0.08%
TOP	228	0.07%
UF	215	0.06%
CDP	213	0.06%
KISS	125	0.04%
NLP	121	0.04%
Minority Front	107	0.03%
Total	341 004	100.00%

See also

• Municipal Demarcation Board

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. News posted on Eyewitness News, 22 November 2016
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

• Capricorn DM Official Website Archived 2020-11-26 at the Wayback Machine