Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality

Dr Kenneth Kaunda (formerly Southern District ) is one of four districts of South Africa's North West Province. The administrative headquarters of the district is Klerksdorp. The majority of the 695 933 inhabitants (as of 2011) speak Setswana. The number of the district is DC40.

  • 3.1 Gender
  • 3.2 Ethnic groups
  • 3.3 Age
  • 4.1 Election Results

Name

The district is named after the former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda.

Geography

Neighbors

The district is surrounded by (clockwise):

  • Bojanala Platinum in the north,
  • West Rand (Gauteng ) in the east,
  • Sedibeng (Gauteng ) in the east,
  • Fezile Dabi ( Free State ) in the southeast,
  • Lejweleputswa ( Free State ) in the south,
  • Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati in the southwest and
  • Modiri Molema Ngaka in the northwest.

Communities

The following communities are part of the district:

Demography

The following statistics are from the year 2001 ( census ):

Sex

Ethnic Groups

Age

Policy

Election results

The election results of the district in the parliamentary elections in South Africa in 2004.

  • Population 18 years and over: 401 692 ( 66,99 % of total population)
  • Total Votes: 226 396 (37.75 % of total population)
  • 56.36 % votes as a% of population 18 years and older
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