John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality

John Taolo Gaetsewe Kgalagadi District
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 27°S23°E / 27°S 23°E / -27; 23
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
Seat	Kuruman
Local municipalities	List Joe Morolong Ga-Segonyana Gamagara
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Benjamin Gaobusiwe
Area
• Total	27,283 km2 (10,534 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	224,799
• Density	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
•  Black African	84.8%
•  Coloured	9.3%
•  Indian/Asian	0.4%
•  White	5.0%
First languages (2011) [3]
•  Tswana	75.6%
•  Afrikaans	16.5%
•  English	2.6%
• Other	5.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC45

The John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Sedika wa John Taolo Gaetsewe; Afrikaans : John Taolo Gaetsewe-distriksmunisipaliteit), formerly the Kgalagadi District Municipality, is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the authority is Kuruman. As of 2011, the majority of its 176,899 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC45. It was named after a trade unionist John Taolo Gaetsewe (1916-1988).

Geography

Neighbours

John Taolo Gaetsewe is surrounded by:

• Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) to the north-east
• Frances Baard (DC9) to the south
• ZF Mgcawu (DC8) to the south-west
• the Republic of Botswana in the north-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Joe Morolong (formerly Moshaweng)	84 099	47.54%	Tswana
Ga-Segonyana	70 390	39.79%	Tswana
Gamagara	16 175	9.14%	Afrikaans
Kalahari	6 231	3.52%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Setswana	151 654	85.73%
Afrikaans	20 401	11.53%
IsiXhosa	1 575	0.89%
Sesotho	737	0.42%
English	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%

Politics

Election results

Election results for the district (under its former name, Kgalagadi) in the South African general election, 2004.

• 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	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	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%

References

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

External links

• Official website