Kgalagadi District Municipality
Encyclopedia
John Taolo Gaetsewe is one of the five districts
of the Northern Cape
province of South Africa
. The seat of the authority is Kuruman
. The majority of its 176,899 people speak Setswana (2001 Census
). The district code is DC45.
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Districts of South Africa
South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...
of the Northern Cape
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...
province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The seat of the authority is Kuruman
Kuruman
Kuruman is a town with 12,701 inhabitants in Northern Cape province of South Africa, famous for its scenic beauty and the Eye of Kuruman, a geological feature bringing water from deep underground to the surface in the Kalahari Desert....
. The majority of its 176,899 people speak Setswana (2001 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC45.
Neighbours
John Taolo Gaetsewe is surrounded by:- Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) to the north-east
- Frances BaardFrances Baard District MunicipalityFrances Baard is one of the 5 districts of Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Frances Baard is Kimberley. The majority of its 324 814 people speak Afrikaans . The district code is DC9....
(DC9) to the south - SiyandaSiyanda District MunicipalitySiyanda is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Siyanda is Upington. The majority of its 209 883 people speak Afrikaans...
(DC8) to the south-west - the republic of BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
in the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalitiesLocal municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...
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| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Moshaweng | 84 099 | 47.54% |
| Ga-Segonyana Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman.-References:... |
70 390 | 39.79% |
| Gamagara Gamagara Local Municipality Gamagara Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.The name Gamogara is of Setswana origin. The municipality is named after a dry river which was in turn named after a man called Mogara of the Makwere clan... |
16 175 | 9.14% |
| Kalahari | 6 231 | 3.52% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
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| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Setswana | 151 654 | 85.73% |
| Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape... |
20 401 | 11.53% |
| IsiXhosa | 1 575 | 0.89% |
| Sesotho | 737 | 0.42% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
735 | 0.42% |
| Other | 447 | 0.25% |
| Sepedi | 429 | 0.24% |
| IsiZulu | 353 | 0.20% |
| SiSwati | 183 | 0.10% |
| IsiNdebele | 167 | 0.09% |
| Xitsonga | 151 | 0.09% |
| Tshivenda | 63 | 0.04% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 92 689 | 52.40% |
| Male | 84 210 | 47.60% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 157 091 | 88.80% |
| Coloured | 10 358 | 5.86% |
| White | 9 352 | 5.29% |
| Indian/Asian | 98 | 0.06% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 20 967 | 11.85% |
| 005 - 009 | 22 647 | 12.80% |
| 010 - 014 | 23 651 | 13.37% |
| 015 - 019 | 20 824 | 11.77% |
| 020 - 024 | 15 475 | 8.75% |
| 025 - 029 | 12 234 | 6.92% |
| 030 - 034 | 10 885 | 6.15% |
| 035 - 039 | 10 267 | 5.80% |
| 040 - 044 | 9 643 | 5.45% |
| 045 - 049 | 7 655 | 4.33% |
| 050 - 054 | 5 883 | 3.33% |
| 055 - 059 | 4 649 | 2.63% |
| 060 - 064 | 3 726 | 2.11% |
| 065 - 069 | 3 133 | 1.77% |
| 070 - 074 | 2 235 | 1.26% |
| 075 - 079 | 1 431 | 0.81% |
| 080 - 084 | 964 | 0.54% |
| 085 - 089 | 379 | 0.21% |
| 090 - 094 | 165 | 0.09% |
| 095 - 099 | 63 | 0.04% |
| 100 plus | 23 | 0.01% |
Election results
Election results for the disrtict (under its former name, Kgalagadi) in the South African general election, 2004South African general election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....
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- Population 18 and over: 96 783 [54.71% of total population]
- Total votes: 65 198 [36.86% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 67.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes % African National Congress African National CongressThe African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
51 456 78.92% United Christian Democratic Party 6 763 10.37% Democratic Alliance 2 687 4.12% Independent Democrats 1 084 1.66% African Christian Democratic Party 790 1.21% New National Party 690 1.06% Freedom Front Plus 585 0.90% Pan African Congress 267 0.41% Azanian People's Organisation 212 0.33% United Democratic Movement 161 0.25% Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom PartyThe Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...
97 0.15% EMSA 81 0.12% NA 57 0.09% CDP 57 0.09% SOPA 54 0.08% PJC 40 0.06% TOP 36 0.06% UF 35 0.05% NLP 17 0.03% Minority Front 15 0.02% KISS 14 0.02% Total 65 198 100.00%