The Fezile Dabi District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Fezile Dabi; Afrikaans: Fezile Dabi-distriktsmunisipaliteit), formerly known as the Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Sasolburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 460,289 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC20.
Fezile Dabi
Northern Free State | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 26°49′S 27°49′E / 26.817°S 27.817°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
Seat | Sasolburg |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Jonas Ramokhoase (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 20,668 km2 (7,980 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 527,788 |
• Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2021) | |
• Black African | 85.28% |
• Coloured | 2.06% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.49 |
• White | 12.17% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 67.3% |
• Afrikaans | 13.8% |
• Xhosa | 6.0% |
• Zulu | 5.6% |
• Other | 7.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC20 |
Geography
editNeighbours
editNorthern Free State is surrounded by:
- Sedibeng in Gauteng to the north (DC42)
- Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30)
- Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19)
- Lejweleputswa to the south-west (DC18)
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North-West to the north-west (DC40)
Local municipalities
editThe district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
---|---|---|---|
Moqhaka | 167 886 | 36.47% | Sotho |
Ngwathe | 118 820 | 25.81% | Sotho |
Metsimaholo | 115 964 | 25.19% | Sotho |
Mafube | 57 637 | 12.52% | Sotho |
Demographics
editThe following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Sesotho | 312 962 | 67.99% |
Afrikaans | 62 430 | 13.56% |
IsiXhosa | 34 888 | 7.58% |
IsiZulu | 31 229 | 6.78% |
Setswana | 6 121 | 1.33% |
English | 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% |
Sex
editGender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 233 921 | 50.82% |
Male | 226 368 | 49.18% |
Ethnic group
editEthnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Black African | 394 519 | 85.71% |
White | 56 094 | 12.19% |
Coloured | 9 174 | 1.99% |
Indian/Asian | 502 | 0.11% |
Age
editAge | 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% |
Politics
editElection results
editElection results for Northern Free State in the South African general election, 2004.
- 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 | 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 | 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% |
References
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.