Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality
The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, formerly the Southern District Municipality, is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Klerksdorp. As of 2016, a plurality of its 742,821 residents speak Setswana. The majority of its residents live in the City of Matlosana. The district code is DC40. The district is named after Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia.
Geography
Neighbours
The District borders both Gauteng and Free State Provinces. Dr Kenneth Kaunda District is surrounded by:- Bojanala Platinum District Municipality to the north
- West Rand District Municipality to the east
- Sedibeng District Municipality to the east
- Fezile Dabi District Municipality to the south-east
- Lejweleputswa District Municipality to the south
- Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality to the south-west
- Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality to the north-west
Local municipalities
| Name | Code | Seat | Area | Population | Pop. density |
| City of Matlosana Local Municipality | NW403 | Klerksdorp | 3,602 | 417,282 | 115.8 |
| JB Marks Local Municipality | NW405 | Potchefstroom | 6,398 | 243,527 | 38.1 |
| Maquassi Hills Local Municipality | NW404 | Wolmaransstad | 4,671 | 82,012 | 17.6 |
After the 2016 Local Government elections, Tlokwe and Ventersdorp Local Municipalities were merged into the JB Marks Local Municipality.
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.| Language | Population | % |
| Setswana | 306 897 | 44.8% |
| Afrikaans | 126 285 | 18.43% |
| Sesotho | 104 797 | 15.30% |
| IsiXhosa | 78 472 | 11.45% |
| English | 27 141 | 3.96% |
| IsiZulu | 13 459 | 1.96% |
| Other | 6 765 | 0.99% |
| Xitsonga | 5 944 | 0.87% |
| IsiNdebele | 5 314 | 0.78% |
| Sepedi | 3 972 | 0.58% |
| Sign language | 3 396 | 0.50% |
| SiSwati | 1 627 | 0.24% |
| Tshivenda | 1 015 | 0.15% |
Gender
Ethnic group
Age
Politics
Election results
Election results for Kaunda District in the South African general election, 2004:- Population 18 and over: 401 692
- Total votes: 226 396
- Voting % estimate: 56.36% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 174 328 | 77.00% |
| Democratic Alliance | 28 838 | 12.74% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 6 465 | 2.86% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3 503 | 1.55% |
| Independent Democrats | 2 877 | 1.27% |
| Pan African Congress | 2 338 | 1.03% |
| United Democratic Movement | 2 095 | 0.93% |
| New National Party | 1 858 | 0.82% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 1 670 | 0.74% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 851 | 0.38% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 410 | 0.18% |
| NA | 247 | 0.11% |
| SOPA | 171 | 0.08% |
| CDP | 159 | 0.07% |
| EMSA | 141 | 0.06% |
| UF | 116 | 0.05% |
| PJC | 105 | 0.05% |
| TOP | 82 | 0.04% |
| KISS | 54 | 0.02% |
| NLP | 54 | 0.02% |
| Minority Front | 34 | 0.02% |
| Total | 226 396 | 100.00% |