ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (; ), known before 1 July 2013 as the Siyanda District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Upington. As of 2011, the majority (76%) of its 236,783 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC8.

The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality is named after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu (1958–2001). The previous name Siyanda means "we are growing".

Geography

Neighbours

ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:

• the Republic of Botswana in the north
• John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45), formerly Kgalagadi, in the north-east
• Frances Baard (DC9) in the east
• Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south-east
• Namakwa (DC6) in the south-west
• the Republic of Namibia in the 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 Siyanda in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 131 760 [62.78% of total population]
• Total votes: 75 264 [35.86% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 57.12% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links

• Official website