Fezile Dabi District Municipality

Fezile Dabi District Municipality, formerly known as Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Northern Free State is Sasolburg. The majority of its 460 289 people speak Sesotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC20.

Fezile Dabi Northern Free State
District municipality
Seal
Location of Fezile Dabi District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 26°49′S 27°49′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Sasolburg
Local municipalities	List Moqhaka Ngwathe Metsimaholo Mafube
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jonas Ramokhoase (ANC)
Area
• Total	20,668 km^2 (7,980 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	488,036
• Density	24/km^2 (61/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	86.1%
• Coloured	1.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	11.4%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	67.3%
• Afrikaans	13.8%
• Xhosa	6.0%
• Zulu	5.6%
• Other	7.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC20

Geography

Neighbours

Northern Free State is surrounded by:

• Sedibeng in Gauteng to the north (DC42)
• Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30)
• Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19)
• Lejweleputswa to the west (DC18)
• Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North-West to the north-west (DC40)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Moqhaka	167 886	36.47%	Sotho
Ngwathe	118 820	25.81%	Sotho
Metsimaholo	115 964	25.19%	Sotho
Mafube	57 637	12.52%	Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Sesotho	312 962	67.99%
Afrikaans	62 430	13.56%
IsiXhosa	34 888	7.58%
IsiZulu	31 229	6.78%
Setswana	6 121	1.33%
English	4 749	1.03%
Sepedi	2 628	0.57%
SiSwati	1 537	0.33%
IsiNdebele	1 243	0.27%
Xitsonga	1 241	0.27%
Other	757	0.16%
Tshivenda	522	0.11%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	233 921	50.82%
Male	226 368	49.18%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	394 519	85.71%
White	56 094	12.19%
Coloured	9 174	1.99%
Indian/Asian	502	0.11%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	41 558	9.03%
005 - 009	43 971	9.55%
010 - 014	49 984	10.86%
015 - 019	51 062	11.09%
020 - 024	42 606	9.26%
025 - 029	39 124	8.50%
030 - 034	34 867	7.58%
035 - 039	32 496	7.06%
040 - 044	28 301	6.15%
045 - 049	24 171	5.25%
050 - 054	19 601	4.26%
055 - 059	14 915	3.24%
060 - 064	12 049	2.62%
065 - 069	9 577	2.08%
070 - 074	7 059	1.53%
075 - 079	4 119	0.89%
080 - 084	2 922	0.63%
085 - 089	1 249	0.27%
090 - 094	469	0.10%
095 - 099	132	0.03%
100 plus	57	0.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Northern Free State in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 293 994 [63.87% of total population]
• Total votes: 182 833 [39.72% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 62.19% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	146 691	80.23%
Democratic Alliance	20 395	11.15%
Freedom Front Plus	4 210	2.30%
United Democratic Movement	2 326	1.27%
African Christian Democratic Party	2 265	1.24%
New National Party	1 511	0.83%
Pan African Congress	1 449	0.79%
Independent Democrats	1 097	0.60%
Azanian People's Organisation	894	0.49%
Inkhata Freedom Party	749	0.41%
United Christian Democratic Party	301	0.16%
SOPA	203	0.11%
NA	167	0.09%
CDP	126	0.07%
EMSA	109	0.06%
PJC	94	0.05%
UF	84	0.05%
TOP	60	0.03%
KISS	35	0.02%
NLP	34	0.02%
Minority Front	33	0.02%
Total	182 833	100.00%

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

• Official Website