Dr Kenneth Kaunda
District municipality
Official seal of Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seal
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
SeatKlerksdorp
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNikiwe Num
Area
 • Total14,642 km2 (5,653 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total695,933
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African80.3%
 • Coloured4.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White14.5%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Tswana44.8%
 • Afrikaans18.4%
 • Sotho15.3%
 • Xhosa11.5%
 • Other10%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC40

The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Dr Kenneth Kaunda; Afrikaans: Dr Kenneth Kaunda-distriksmunisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Dr Kenneth Kaunda; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Dr Kenneth Kaunda), formerly the Southern District Municipality,[4] is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Klerksdorp. As of 2016, a plurality of its 742,821 residents speak Setswana. The majority of its residents live in the City of Matlosana. The district code is DC40. The district was formerly known as the Southern District Municipality. It is named after Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia.

Geography

Neighbours

The District borders both Gauteng and Free State Provinces. Dr Kenneth Kaunda District is surrounded (clockwise) by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Name Code Seat Area
(km²)[5] 		Population
(2016)[6] 		Pop. density
(per km²)
City of Matlosana Local Municipality NW403 Klerksdorp 3,602 417,282 115.8
JB Marks Local Municipality NW405 Potchefstroom 6,398 243,527 38.1
Maquassi Hills Local Municipality NW404 Wolmaransstad 4,671 82,012 17.6

After the 2016 Local Government elections, Tlokwe and Ventersdorp Local Municipalities were merged into the JB Marks Local Municipality. [7]

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
Setswana 306 897 44.8%
Afrikaans 126 285 18.43%
Sesotho 104 797 15.30%
IsiXhosa 78 472 11.45%
English 27 141 3.96%
IsiZulu 13 459 1.96%
Other 6 765 0.99%
Xitsonga 5 944 0.87%
IsiNdebele 5 314 0.78%
Sepedi 3 972 0.58%
Sign language 3 396 0.50%
SiSwati 1 627 0.24%
Tshivenda 1 015 0.15%

Gender

Genders Population %
Female 348 676 50.10%
Male 347 258 49.90%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 559 011 80.33%
White 101 034 14.52%
Coloured 28 322 4.07%
Indian/Asian 5 105 0.73%
Other 2 461 0.35%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 52 714 8.79%
005 - 009 51 847 8.65%
010 - 014 57 243 9.55%
015 - 019 61 062 10.18%
020 - 024 57 261 9.55%
025 - 029 54 606 9.11%
030 - 034 51 489 8.59%
035 - 039 50 094 8.35%
040 - 044 43 850 7.31%
045 - 049 33 471 5.58%
050 - 054 24 755 4.13%
055 - 059 18 666 3.11%
060 - 064 14 690 2.45%
065 - 069 10 532 1.76%
070 - 074 7 770 1.30%
075 - 079 4 823 0.80%
080 - 084 3 003 0.50%
085 - 089 1 166 0.19%
090 - 094 420 0.07%
095 - 099 150 0.03%
100 plus 62 0.01%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
African National Congress 174 328 77.00%
Democratic Alliance 28 838 12.74%
Freedom Front Plus 6 465 2.86%
African Christian Democratic Party 3 503 1.55%
Independent Democrats 2 877 1.27%
Pan African Congress 2 338 1.03%
United Democratic Movement 2 095 0.93%
New National Party 1 858 0.82%
United Christian Democratic Party 1 670 0.74%
Inkhata Freedom Party 851 0.38%
Azanian People's Organisation 410 0.18%
NA 247 0.11%
SOPA 171 0.08%
CDP 159 0.07%
EMSA 141 0.06%
UF 116 0.05%
PJC 105 0.05%
TOP 82 0.04%
KISS 54 0.02%
NLP 54 0.02%
Minority Front 34 0.02%
Total 226 396 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ "New Municipal Names". Municipal Demarcation Board. Archived from the original on 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  5. ^ "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  6. ^ "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  7. ^ Dr Kenneth Kaunda District. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

External links

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