Pixley ka Seme District Municipality


The Pixley ka Seme District Municipality is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Pixley ka Seme is De Aar. As of 2011, a majority of its 186,351 residents speak Afrikaans as a first language. The district code is DC7. It is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, one of the founders of the African National Congress.
WWW pixleykasemedm.co.za

Geography

Neighbours

Pixley ka Seme is surrounded by other districts as follows:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation %Dominant language
Emthanjeni46,58721,5Afrikaans
Siyancuma54,16525.1Afrikaans
Umsobomvu29,55513.6Xhosa
Siyathemba27,10512.5Afrikaans
Ubuntu15,8367.3Afrikaans
Thembelihle22,54210.4Afrikaans
Kareeberg10,9615.0Afrikaans
Renosterberg10,8435.0Afrikaans

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 and 2022 census.
LanguagePopulation %
Afrikaans140,64176.79%
IsiXhosa32,01717.48%
English2,9911.63%
Tswana2,9221.60%
Sesotho1,4830.81%
Other9410.51%
Sign language7450.41%
IsiZulu4460.24%
IsiNdebele2980.16%
Sepedi2860.16%
Tshivenda1710.09%
Xitsonga1080.06%
SiSwati1040.06%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Pixley ka Seme in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 99 868
  • Total votes: 66 585
  • Voting % estimate: 66.67% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress43 61865.51%
New National Party8 73013.11%
Democratic Alliance7 06710.61%
Independent Democrats3 2984.95%
Freedom Front Plus1 2251.84%
African Christian Democratic Party1 1541.73%
Pan Africanist Congress3050.46%
United Democratic Movement2400.36%
Inkatha Freedom Party1360.20%
NA1100.17%
PJC1050.16%
United Christian Democratic Party1040.16%
Azanian People's Organisation970.15%
EMSA710.11%
TOP630.09%
NLP600.09%
KISS500.08%
SOPA500.08%
CDP430.06%
UF430.06%
Minority Front160.02%
Total66 585100.00%