Sarah Baartman District Municipality

Sarah Baartman District Municipality (formerly Cacadu District Municipality) is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes seven local municipalities. The seat of Sarah Baartman is the city of Port Elizabeth, although Port Elizabeth is not itself in the district (it is in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality). The languages most spoken among the 388,201 people are Xhosa and Afrikaans. (2001 Census). The district code is DC10.

Sarah Baartman Cacadu
District municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 33°57′S 25°36′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman District Municipality
Seat	Port Elizabeth
Local municipalities	List Dr Beyers Naudé Blue Crane Route Makana Ndlambe Sundays River Valley Kouga Kou-Kamma
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Khunjuzwa Eunice Kekana (ANC)
Area
• Total	58,194 km^2 (22,469 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	450,584
• Density	7.7/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• African	53.3%
• Coloured	34.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	10.9%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Xhosa	45.4%
• Afrikaans	45.1%
• English	6.5%
• Other	3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC10

The municipality is a new, multi-ethnic administration, formed by the ANC 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 Port Elizabeth. Cacadu, meaning “bulrush water”, is the Xhosa form of the Khoekhoe name of the river. The Dutch name is a translation: Papenkuils (in modern Afrikaans a bulrush is called a papkuil). The river rises in the Parsons Vlei and runs to the sea close to the Port Elizabeth industrial suburb of Deal Party.

In 2015, Cacadu District was renamed for Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman (1789–1815), a Khoikhoi 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 Khoikhoi people.[4]

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 Port Elizabeth is excluded from the district, forming the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.

The southwestern part of the district (west of Port Elizabeth) 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, described in the following table.

Name	Seat	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (inhabitants/km^2)
Blue Crane Route Local Municipality	Somerset East	36,002	11,068	3.3
Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality	Graaff-Reinet	79,291	28,653	2.8
Makana Local Municipality	Grahamstown	80,390	4,376	18.4
Ndlambe Local Municipality	Port Alfred	61,176	1,841	33.2
Sundays River Valley Local Municipality	Kirkwood	54,504	5,994	9.1
Kouga Local Municipality	Jeffreys Bay	98,558	2,670	36.9
Kou-Kamma Local Municipality	Kareedouw	40,663	3,642	11.2
Total		450,584	58,243	7.7

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	%
Xhosa	190,003	48.94%
Afrikaans	174,917	45.06%
English	20 806	5.36%
Sotho	744	0.19%
Zulu	596	0.15%
Other	451	0.12%
Ndebele	192	0.05%
Swati	172	0.04%
Tswana	127	0.03%
Northern Sotho	87	0.02%
Tsonga	80	0.02%
Venda	46	0.01%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	202,295	52.11%
Male	185,906	47.89%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	202,289	52.11%
Coloured	141,083	36.34%
White	44 110	11.36%
Indian/Asian	719	0.19%

Age

Age	Population	%
000–004	33 178	8.55%
005–009	36 745	9.47%
010–014	40 809	10.51%
015–019	41 052	10.57%
020–024	33 222	8.56%
025–029	32 096	8.27%
030–034	29 929	7.71%
035–039	27 840	7.17%
040–044	24 208	6.24%
045–049	20 483	5.28%
050–054	16 494	4.25%
055–059	13 289	3.42%
060–064	12 928	3.33%
065–069	9 218	2.37%
070–074	6 764	1.74%
075–079	4 447	1.15%
080–084	3 276	0.84%
085–089	1 325	0.34%
090–094	680	0.18%
095–099	154	0.04%
100 plus	64	0.02%

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 Congress	116,320	72.07%
Democratic Alliance	27 615	17.11%
Independent Democrats	3 768	2.33%
New National Party	3 694	2.29%
African Christian Democratic Party	2 755	1.71%
United Democratic Movement	2 416	1.50%
Freedom Front Plus	1 687	1.05%
Pan African Congress	999	0.62%
Azanian People's Organisation	492	0.30%
Inkhata Freedom Party	277	0.17%
United Christian Democratic Party	222	0.14%
NA	201	0.12%
Socialist Party of Azania	168	0.10%
EMSA	160	0.10%
Christian Democratic Party	144	0.09%
Peace and Justice Congress	113	0.07%
UF	99	0.06%
TOP	82	0.05%
Keep It Straight and Simple Party	75	0.05%
New Labour Party	69	0.04%
Minority Front	43	0.03%
Total	161,399	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.
4. "E Cape municipality named after Sarah Baartman". SABC. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

External links

• Sarah Baartman District Municipality Official Website