Sarah Baartman District Municipality

The Sarah Baartman District Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Sarah Baartman; Afrikaans: Sarah Baartman-distriksmunisipaliteit), formerly the Cacadu District Municipality, is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, covering an area of 58,242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes seven local municipalities. The seat is the city of Gqeberha, although Gqeberha is not itself in the district (it is in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality). As of 2011, the languages most spoken among the 388,201 inhabitants were isiXhosa and Afrikaans. The district code is DC10.

Sarah Baartman
old: Cacadu
District municipality
Official seal of Sarah Baartman
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 33°57′S 25°36′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman District Municipality
SeatGqeberha
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKhunjuzwa Eunice Kekana (ANC)
Area
 • Total58,194 km2 (22,469 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total450,584
 • Density7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • African53.3%
 • Coloured34.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White10.9%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Xhosa45.4%
 • Afrikaans45.1%
 • English6.5%
 • Other3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC10

The municipality is a multi-ethnic administration, formed by the African National Congress government through the merging of the predominantly Afrikaans-speaking western part of the Eastern Cape, together with Xhosa areas near the Fish River, and the English district of Albany (with its own distinctive local culture, dating back to the 1820 settlers).

The name Cacadu is regarded by the Xhosa as covering the entire area of the district municipality, but in fact it is taken from a river that runs entirely in Gqeberha. Cacadu, meaning "bulrush water", is the Xhosa form of the Khoekhoe name of the river. The Dutch name is a translation: Papenkuils (in Afrikaans a bulrush is called a papkuil). The river rises in the Parsons Vlei and runs to the sea close to the Gqeberha industrial suburb of Deal Party.

In 2015, the municipality was renamed for Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman (1789–1815), a Khoekhoe woman who was taken to London to perform at freak shows and after her death her remains were exhibited until 1974. The renaming is part of an effort to redress marginalisation of the Khoekhoe people.[3]

Government

The Executive Mayor of Sarah Baartman District Municipality is Khunjuzwa Eunice Kekana, and the Municipal Manager is Ted Pillay.

Geography
Entering Sarah Baartman District from Chris Hani District on the R61 between Cradock and Graaff-Reinet on an unusually snowy winters day in 2012.

The Sarah Baartman district covers an area of 58,243 square kilometres (22,488 sq mi) in the southwestern part of the Eastern Cape province. It extends to the Great Fish River in the east and the Sneeuberge in the north. The metropolitan area around Gqeberha is excluded from the district, being in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.

The southwestern part of the district (west of Gqeberha) is marked by several ranges of mountains that run parallel to the sea, including the Baviaanskloof mountains, the Kouga mountains and the Tsitsikamma mountains. In the southeastern part (east of Port Elizabeth) is the Albany region around the city of Grahamstown. The northern interior of the district is the southeastern end of the Karoo.

To the west the district borders on the Garden Route and Central Karoo districts of the Western Cape; to the north it borders on the Pixley ka Seme district of the Northern Cape; and to the east it borders on the Chris Hani and Amathole districts of the Eastern Cape.

Sarah Baartman district is divided into nine local municipalities, as below:

NameSeatPopulation
(2011)		Area
(km2)		Density
(inhabitants/km2)
Blue Crane Route Local MunicipalitySomerset East36,00211,0683.3
Dr Beyers Naudé Local MunicipalityGraaff-Reinet79,29128,6532.8
Makana Local MunicipalityGrahamstown80,3904,37618.4
Ndlambe Local MunicipalityPort Alfred61,1761,84133.2
Sundays River Valley Local MunicipalityKirkwood54,5045,9949.1
Kouga Local MunicipalityJeffreys Bay98,5582,67036.9
Kou-Kamma Local MunicipalityKareedouw40,6633,64211.2
Total450,58458,2437.7

After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016, the Camdeboo, Ikwezi and Baviaans municipalities were merged to form the new Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality, with its head offices in Graaff-Reinet. This merger resulted in there being seven local municipalities within the Sarah Baartman District.

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Xhosa190,00348.94%
Afrikaans174,91745.06%
English20 8065.36%
Sotho7440.19%
Zulu5960.15%
Other4510.12%
Ndebele1920.05%
Swati1720.04%
Tswana1270.03%
Northern Sotho870.02%
Tsonga800.02%
Venda460.01%

Gender
Gender Population %
Female202,29552.11%
Male185,90647.89%

Ethnic group
Ethnic group Population %
Black African202,28952.11%
Coloured141,08336.34%
White44 11011.36%
Indian/Asian7190.19%

Age
Age Population %
0–433 1788.55%
5–936 7459.47%
10–1440 80910.51%
15–1941 05210.57%
20–2433 2228.56%
25–2932 0968.27%
30–3429 9297.71%
35–3927 8407.17%
40–4424 2086.24%
45–4920 4835.28%
50–5416 4944.25%
55–5913 2893.42%
60-6412 9283.33%
65–699 2182.37%
70–746 7641.74%
75–794 4471.15%
80–843 2760.84%
85–891 3250.34%
90–946800.18%
95–991540.04%
100 plus640.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Cacadu in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 252,570 [65.06% of total population]
  • Total votes: 161,399 [41.58% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 63.90% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress116,32072.07%
Democratic Alliance27 61517.11%
Independent Democrats3 7682.33%
New National Party3 6942.29%
African Christian Democratic Party2 7551.71%
United Democratic Movement2 4161.50%
Freedom Front Plus1 6871.05%
Pan African Congress9990.62%
Azanian People's Organisation4920.30%
Inkhata Freedom Party2770.17%
United Christian Democratic Party2220.14%
NA2010.12%
Socialist Party of Azania1680.10%
EMSA1600.10%
Christian Democratic Party1440.09%
Peace and Justice Congress1130.07%
UF990.06%
TOP820.05%
Keep It Straight and Simple Party750.05%
New Labour Party690.04%
Minority Front430.03%
Total161,399100.00%

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. "E Cape municipality named after Sarah Baartman". SABC. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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