Joe Gqabi District Municipality

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Joe Gqabi
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°58′S27°36′E / 30.967°S 27.600°E / -30.967; 27.600
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Seat Barkly East
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorNP Mposelwa
Area
  Total
25,663 km2 (9,909 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
349,768
  Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 93.8%
   Coloured 3.5%
   Indian/Asian 0.2%
   White 2.4%
First languages (2011)
[3]
   Xhosa 70.5%
   Sotho 20.2%
   Afrikaans 5.9%
   English 1.6%
  Other1.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC14

The Joe Gqabi District Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Joe Gqabi; Sotho : Masepala wa Setereke wa Joe Gqabi) is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Barkly East. As of 2011, the majority of its 349,768 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa.

Contents

Before 1 February 2010, it was known as the Ukhahlamba District Municipality; [4] its name was changed in recognition of Joe Gqabi (19291981), [5] an African National Congress member who was a journalist for the New Age , a member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe, and one of the Pretoria Twelve. [6]

Geography

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityCodePopulation%
Elundini EC141138 14139.50%
Senqu EC142134 15038.35%
Walter Sisulu EC14577 47722.15%

Neighbours

Joe Gqabi is surrounded by the following districts:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census:

LanguagePopulation%
Xhosa 244 02170.47%
Sotho 69 88920.18%
Afrikaans 20 3295.87%
English 5 6961.64%
Sign language 2 1240.61%
Other 1 3190.38%
Zulu 8750.25%
Ndebele 6030.17%
Northern Sotho 5920.17%
Tswana 4710.14%
Tsonga 1530.04%
Venda 1410.04%
Swati 770.02%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female184 32552.70%
Male165 44347.30%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African328 00293.78%
Coloured12 1773.48%
White8 2772.37%
Indian/Asian6320.18%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00435 27910.34%
005 - 00945 32113.28%
010 - 01451 41015.06%
015 - 01946 35513.58%
020 - 02428 5438.36%
025 - 02919 5335.72%
030 - 03416 2744.77%
035 - 03915 5844.57%
040 - 04414 9154.37%
045 - 04912 9973.81%
050 - 05411 0733.24%
055 - 0599 1312.68%
060 - 0649 8282.88%
065 - 0699 7002.84%
070 - 0746 6941.96%
075 - 0793 8241.12%
080 - 0843 3120.97%
085 - 0899620.28%
090 - 0944020.12%
095 - 0991380.04%
100 plus620.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Joe Gqabi (prev. Ukhahlamba) in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 97 56085.18%
United Democratic Movement 7 9246.92%
Democratic Alliance 4 3573.80%
Pan African Congress 1 3441.17%
African Christian Democratic Party 7320.64%
Independent Democrats 5840.51%
New National Party 4340.38%
Freedom Front Plus 4290.37%
SOPA 1560.14%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1530.13%
Azanian People's Organisation 1500.13%
EMSA 1250.11%
PJC 1160.10%
United Christian Democratic Party 1160.10%
NA 840.07%
TOP 650.06%
UF 650.06%
CDP 440.04%
Minority Front 370.03%
NLP 280.02%
KISS 270.02%
Total114 530100.00%

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "Name Change". Joe Gqabi District Municipality. The name of Ukhahlamba District Municipality changed on the 1st of February 2010 to Joe Gqabi District Municipality.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. T. L. Marawu (Executive Mayor) (25 February 2010). "State of the District Address Joe Gqabi DM" (PDF). Joe Gqabi District Municipality. Retrieved 5 October 2012. Our people must be aware that we are changing the name of this municipality to Joe Gqabi District Municipality This takes place after the public consultation we have made in this regard. The public chose the name Joe Gqabi to honour the role played by this hero in fighting against apartheid.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Joe Nzingo Gqabi". South African History Online. Retrieved 5 October 2012.