John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality


The John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, formerly the Kgalagadi District Municipality, is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the authority is Kuruman. As of 2011, the majority of its 176,899 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC45. It was named after a trade unionist John Taolo Gaetsewe.

Geography

Neighbours

John Taolo Gaetsewe is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Joe Morolong (formerly Moshaweng)84 09947.54%Tswana
Ga-Segonyana70 39039.79%Tswana
Gamagara16 1759.14%Afrikaans
Kalahari6 2313.52%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%
Setswana151 65485.73%
Afrikaans20 40111.53%
IsiXhosa1 5750.89%
Sesotho7370.42%
English7350.42%
Other4470.25%
Sepedi4290.24%
IsiZulu3530.20%
SiSwati1830.10%
IsiNdebele1670.09%
Xitsonga1510.09%
Tshivenda630.04%

Politics

Election results

Election results for the district in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 96 783
  • Total votes: 65 198
  • Voting % estimate: 67.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress51 45678.92%
United Christian Democratic Party6 76310.37%
Democratic Alliance2 6874.12%
Independent Democrats1 0841.66%
African Christian Democratic Party7901.21%
New National Party6901.06%
Freedom Front Plus5850.90%
Pan African Congress2670.41%
Azanian People's Organisation2120.33%
United Democratic Movement1610.25%
Inkhata Freedom Party970.15%
EMSA810.12%
NA570.09%
CDP570.09%
SOPA540.08%
PJC400.06%
TOP360.06%
UF350.05%
NLP170.03%
Minority Front150.02%
KISS140.02%
Total65 198100.00%