ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

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ZF Mgcawu
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 28°0′S21°30′E / 28.000°S 21.500°E / -28.000; 21.500
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
Seat Upington
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorGift van Staden
Area
  Total102,524 km2 (39,585 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total236,783
  Density2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 29.4%
   Coloured 60.4%
   Indian/Asian 0.7%
   White 8.2%
First languages (2011)
[2]
   Afrikaans 76.4%
   Tswana 15.8%
   Xhosa 2.7%
   English 1.8%
  Other3.3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC8

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.

Contents

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".

Geography

Neighbours

ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:[ needs update ]

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
//Khara Hais 73 78635.16% Afrikaans
Kai !Garib 57 68927.49%Afrikaans
Tsantsabane 31 01014.77%Afrikaans
!Kheis 16 0297.64%Afrikaans
Kgatelopele 15 4487.36%Afrikaans
Mier 6 8503.26%Afrikaans
District Management Area 9 0834.33%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Afrikaans 171 37181.65%
Setswana 28 59513.62%
IsiXhosa 5 3932.57%
English 1 6320.78%
Sesotho 1 3760.66%
Other 8220.39%
IsiZulu 2660.13%
Sepedi 1010.05%
IsiNdebele 990.05%
Tshivenda 970.05%
SiSwati 760.04%
Xitsonga 670.03%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female107 48051.21%
Male102 40348.79%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Coloured133 71163.71%
Black African51 35324.47%
White24 63311.74%
Indian/Asian1860.09%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00422 03810.50%
005 - 00921 68910.33%
010 - 01421 34110.17%
015 - 01921 75310.36%
020 - 02419 1019.10%
025 - 02918 1658.65%
030 - 03416 4037.82%
035 - 03914 8377.07%
040 - 04413 0016.19%
045 - 04910 5925.05%
050 - 0548 4094.01%
055 - 0596 3433.02%
060 - 0645 5042.62%
065 - 0694 2262.01%
070 - 0742 7201.30%
075 - 0791 8310.87%
080 - 0841 1640.55%
085 - 0895120.24%
090 - 0942090.10%
095 - 099330.02%
100 plus120.01%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 50 82667.53%
Independent Democrats 7 74710.29%
Democratic Alliance 6 7769.00%
New National Party 5 4017.18%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 2991.73%
Freedom Front Plus 1 2691.69%
United Democratic Movement 6900.92%
Azanian People's Organisation 3720.49%
Pan African Congress 1830.24%
United Christian Democratic Party 1600.21%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1100.15%
EMSA 660.09%
NA 650.09%
PJC 590.08%
KISS 480.06%
SOPA 450.06%
UF 360.05%
CDP 320.04%
NLP 320.04%
TOP 280.04%
Minority Front 200.03%
Total75 264100.00%

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Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu, commonly known as Fatman, was born and grew up in Pabalello, Upington, South Africa in 1958, becoming Upington's first black mayor in the first post-1994 local government elections. In 2013 the erstwhile Siyanda District Municipality in the Northern Cape, with Upington as its administrative centre, was renamed ZF Mgcawu District Municipality. Mgcawu died in July 2001 at age 43.

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