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 (1916-1988).

Geography

Neighbours

John Taolo Gaetsewe is surrounded by:

• Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) to the north-east
• Frances Baard (DC9) to the south
• ZF Mgcawu (DC8) to the south-west
• the Republic of Botswana in the north-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for the district (under its former name, Kgalagadi) in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 96 783 [54.71% of total population]
• Total votes: 65 198 [36.86% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 67.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links

• Official website