Frances Baard District Municipality
The Frances Baard District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Afrikaans: Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC9.
Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.
Geography
Neighbours
Frances Baard is surrounded by:
- Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) in the north
- John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45) in the north west
- Lejweleputswa (DC18) in the east
- Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south
- Xhariep (DC16) in the south-west
- ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Sol Plaatje | 201 461 | 62.02% |
Phokwane | 61 314 | 18.88% |
Dikgatlong | 35 760 | 11.01% |
Magareng | 21 731 | 6.69% |
Diamondfields | 4 523 | 1.39% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Setswana | 142 171 | 43.77% |
Afrikaans | 137 936 | 42.47% |
IsiXhosa | 17 005 | 5.24% |
English | 16 088 | 4.95% |
Sesotho | 6 777 | 2.09% |
IsiZulu | 2 109 | 0.65% |
Other | 837 | 0.26% |
Sepedi | 606 | 0.19% |
SiSwati | 472 | 0.15% |
IsiNdebele | 353 | 0.11% |
Xitsonga | 266 | 0.08% |
Tshivenda | 169 | 0.05% |
Gender
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 168 495 | 51.87% |
Male | 156 319 | 48.13% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Black African | 196 591 | 60.52% |
Coloured | 88 054 | 27.11% |
White | 38 373 | 11.81% |
Indian/Asian | 1 796 | 0.55% |
Age
Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000 - 004 | 30 868 | 9.50% |
005 - 009 | 32 338 | 9.96% |
010 - 014 | 34 141 | 10.51% |
015 - 019 | 34 969 | 10.77% |
020 - 024 | 28 978 | 8.92% |
025 - 029 | 26 996 | 8.31% |
030 - 034 | 24 723 | 7.61% |
035 - 039 | 23 003 | 7.08% |
040 - 044 | 20 807 | 6.41% |
045 - 049 | 17 347 | 5.34% |
050 - 054 | 13 788 | 4.24% |
055 - 059 | 10 779 | 3.32% |
060 - 064 | 8 701 | 2.68% |
065 - 069 | 6 556 | 2.02% |
070 - 074 | 4 598 | 1.42% |
075 - 079 | 3 027 | 0.93% |
080 - 084 | 1 902 | 0.59% |
085 - 089 | 847 | 0.26% |
090 - 094 | 295 | 0.09% |
095 - 099 | 106 | 0.03% |
100 plus | 45 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Frances Baard in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 206 209 [63.49% of total population]
- Total votes: 129 954 [40.01% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 98 219 | 75.58% |
Democratic Alliance | 14 164 | 10.90% |
Independent Democrats | 5 086 | 3.91% |
New National Party | 4 098 | 3.15% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 2 211 | 1.70% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 1 498 | 1.15% |
Freedom Front Plus | 1 259 | 0.97% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 1 077 | 0.83% |
Pan African Congress | 842 | 0.65% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 394 | 0.30% |
United Democratic Movement | 347 | 0.27% |
NA | 109 | 0.08% |
EMSA | 100 | 0.08% |
PJC | 89 | 0.07% |
SOPA | 89 | 0.07% |
CDP | 80 | 0.06% |
NLP | 76 | 0.06% |
UF | 67 | 0.05% |
KISS | 57 | 0.04% |
TOP | 57 | 0.04% |
Minority Front | 35 | 0.03% |
Total | 129 954 | 100.00% |