Fezile Dabi District Municipality


The Fezile Dabi District Municipality, 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.
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Geography

Neighbours

Northern Free State is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Moqhaka167 88636.47%Sotho
Ngwathe118 82025.81%Sotho
Metsimaholo115 96425.19%Sotho
Mafube57 63712.52%Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%
Sesotho312 96267.99%
Afrikaans62 43013.56%
IsiXhosa34 8887.58%
IsiZulu31 2296.78%
Setswana6 1211.33%
English4 7491.03%
Sepedi2 6280.57%
SiSwati1 5370.33%
IsiNdebele1 2430.27%
Xitsonga1 2410.27%
Other7570.16%
Tshivenda5220.11%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Northern Free State in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 293 994
  • Total votes: 182 833
  • Voting % estimate: 62.19% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress146 69180.23%
Democratic Alliance20 39511.15%
Freedom Front Plus4 2102.30%
United Democratic Movement2 3261.27%
African Christian Democratic Party2 2651.24%
New National Party1 5110.83%
Pan African Congress1 4490.79%
Independent Democrats1 0970.60%
Azanian People's Organisation8940.49%
Inkhata Freedom Party7490.41%
United Christian Democratic Party3010.16%
SOPA2030.11%
NA1670.09%
CDP1260.07%
EMSA1090.06%
PJC940.05%
UF840.05%
TOP600.03%
KISS350.02%
NLP340.02%
Minority Front330.02%
Total182 833100.00%