Joe Gqabi District Municipality


The Joe Gqabi District Municipality 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.
Before 1 February 2010, it was known as the Ukhahlamba District Municipality; its name was changed in recognition of Joe Gqabi, 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.

Geography

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityCodePopulation%
ElundiniEC141138 14139.50%
SenquEC142134 15038.35%
Walter SisuluEC14577 47722.15%

Neighbours

Joe Gqabi is surrounded by the following districts:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census:
LanguagePopulation%
Xhosa244 02170.47%
Sotho69 88920.18%
Afrikaans20 3295.87%
English5 6961.64%
Sign language2 1240.61%
Other1 3190.38%
Zulu8750.25%
Ndebele6030.17%
Northern Sotho5920.17%
Tswana4710.14%
Tsonga1530.04%
Venda1410.04%
Swati770.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Joe Gqabi in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 180 079
  • Total votes: 114 530
  • Voting % estimate: 63.60% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress97 56085.18%
United Democratic Movement7 9246.92%
Democratic Alliance4 3573.80%
Pan African Congress1 3441.17%
African Christian Democratic Party7320.64%
Independent Democrats5840.51%
New National Party4340.38%
Freedom Front Plus4290.37%
SOPA1560.14%
Inkhata Freedom Party1530.13%
Azanian People's Organisation1500.13%
EMSA1250.11%
PJC1160.10%
United Christian Democratic Party1160.10%
NA840.07%
TOP650.06%
UF650.06%
CDP440.04%
Minority Front370.03%
NLP280.02%
KISS270.02%
Total114 530100.00%