Fezile Dabi District Municipality
Encyclopedia
Fezile Dabi District Municipality, formerly known as Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts
of Free State
province of South Africa
. The seat of Northern Free State is Sasolburg
. The majority of its 460 289 people speak Sesotho (2001 Census
). The district code is DC20.
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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 Free State
Free State
The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...
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 Northern Free State is Sasolburg
Sasolburg
Sasolburg is a large industrial town in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa. Sasolburg is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark and Zamdela...
. The majority of its 460 289 people speak Sesotho (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 DC20.
Neighbours
Northern Free State is surrounded by:- SedibengSedibeng District MunicipalitySedibeng is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa. The administrative seat of Sedibeng is Vereeniging. The most widely spoken language among its 794,605 inhabitants is Sesotho .-Geographic location:...
in GautengGautengGauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
to the north (DC42) - Gert SibandeGert Sibande District MunicipalityGert Sibande is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Secunda. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC30...
in MpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
to the north-east (DC30) - Thabo MofutsanyaneThabo Mofutsanyane District MunicipalityThabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is Witsieshoek. The majority of its 725 932 people speak Sesotho...
to the south-east (DC19) - LejweleputswaLejweleputswa District MunicipalityLejweleputswa is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Lejweleputswa is Welkom. The majority of its 657 019 people speak Sotho...
to the west (DC18) - Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North-WestNorth West (South African province)North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mafikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng.-History:...
to the north-west (DC40)
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 | % |
|---|---|---|
| Moqhaka Moqhaka Local Municipality Moqhaka is a municipality in the Fezile Dabi District, Free State Province, South Africa. In 2001 the population was 167 881 with a total area of 7925 km ². The seat of local government is Kroonstad.The community name is the South-Sotho-word for "crown".... |
167 886 | 36.47% |
| Ngwathe Ngwathe Local Municipality Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Ngwathe" is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.... |
118 820 | 25.81% |
| Metsimaholo Metsimaholo Local Municipality Metsimaholo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Metsimaholo" means "big water" in Sesotho.... |
115 964 | 25.19% |
| Mafube Mafube Local Municipality Mafube Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "dawning of the new day".... |
57 637 | 12.52% |
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 | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sesotho | 312 962 | 67.99% |
| 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... |
62 430 | 13.56% |
| IsiXhosa | 34 888 | 7.58% |
| IsiZulu | 31 229 | 6.78% |
| Setswana | 6 121 | 1.33% |
| 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... |
4 749 | 1.03% |
| Sepedi | 2 628 | 0.57% |
| SiSwati | 1 537 | 0.33% |
| IsiNdebele | 1 243 | 0.27% |
| Xitsonga | 1 241 | 0.27% |
| Other | 757 | 0.16% |
| Tshivenda | 522 | 0.11% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 233 921 | 50.82% |
| Male | 226 368 | 49.18% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 394 519 | 85.71% |
| White | 56 094 | 12.19% |
| Coloured | 9 174 | 1.99% |
| Indian/Asian | 502 | 0.11% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 41 558 | 9.03% |
| 005 - 009 | 43 971 | 9.55% |
| 010 - 014 | 49 984 | 10.86% |
| 015 - 019 | 51 062 | 11.09% |
| 020 - 024 | 42 606 | 9.26% |
| 025 - 029 | 39 124 | 8.50% |
| 030 - 034 | 34 867 | 7.58% |
| 035 - 039 | 32 496 | 7.06% |
| 040 - 044 | 28 301 | 6.15% |
| 045 - 049 | 24 171 | 5.25% |
| 050 - 054 | 19 601 | 4.26% |
| 055 - 059 | 14 915 | 3.24% |
| 060 - 064 | 12 049 | 2.62% |
| 065 - 069 | 9 577 | 2.08% |
| 070 - 074 | 7 059 | 1.53% |
| 075 - 079 | 4 119 | 0.89% |
| 080 - 084 | 2 922 | 0.63% |
| 085 - 089 | 1 249 | 0.27% |
| 090 - 094 | 469 | 0.10% |
| 095 - 099 | 132 | 0.03% |
| 100 plus | 57 | 0.01% |
Election results
Election results for Northern Free State 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: 293 994 [63.87% of total population]
- Total votes: 182 833 [39.72% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 62.19% 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...
146 691 80.23% Democratic Alliance 20 395 11.15% Freedom Front Plus 4 210 2.30% United Democratic Movement 2 326 1.27% African Christian Democratic Party 2 265 1.24% New National Party 1 511 0.83% Pan African Congress 1 449 0.79% Independent Democrats 1 097 0.60% Azanian People's Organisation 894 0.49% 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:...
749 0.41% United Christian Democratic Party 301 0.16% SOPA 203 0.11% NA 167 0.09% CDP 126 0.07% EMSA 109 0.06% PJC 94 0.05% UF 84 0.05% TOP 60 0.03% KISS 35 0.02% NLP 34 0.02% Minority Front 33 0.02% Total 182 833 100.00%