ZF Mgcawu District Municipality
District municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
District municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
ZF Mgcawu
Benede Oranje | |
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Coordinates: 28°0′S 21°30′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
Seat | Upington |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• 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) | |
• Black African | 29.4% |
• Coloured | 60.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 8.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• 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 is named after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu (1958–2001). The previous name Siyanda means "we are growing".
ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:
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% |
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 107 480 | 51.21% |
Male | 102 403 | 48.79% |
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 | 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% |
Election results for Siyanda in the South African general election, 2004.
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% |
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