Fezile Dabi District Municipality

District municipality in Free State, South Africa

Fezile Dabi

Northern Free State

District municipality

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Location of Fezile Dabi District Municipality within Free State

Coordinates: 26°49′S 27°49′E﻿ / ﻿26.817°S 27.817°E﻿ / -26.817; 27.817
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 km2 (7,980 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[2]

• Total

| 527,788
• Density| 26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2021)

[2]

• Black African| 85.28%
• Coloured| 2.06%
• Indian/Asian| 0.49
• White| 12.17%
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

The Fezile Dabi District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Fezile Dabi; Afrikaans: Fezile Dabi-distriktsmunisipaliteit), formerly known as the Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Sasolburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 460,289 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC20.

## Geography

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### Neighbours

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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 south-west (DC18)
* Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North-West to the north-west (DC40)

### Local municipalities

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The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality  | Population  | %  | Dominant language

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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

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The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language  | Population  | %

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|

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%

### Sex

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Gender  | Population  | %

|
|

Female | 233 921 | 50.82%
Male | 226 368 | 49.18%

### Ethnic group

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Ethnic group  | Population  | %

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|

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

### Age

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Age  | Population  | %

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|

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

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### Election results

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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

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

## External links

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* Official Website

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Municipalities of the Free State

Metropolitan|

* Mangaung

District
and local|

| Xhariep|

* Letsemeng
* Kopanong
* Mohokare

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Lejweleputswa|

* Masilonyana
* Tokologo
* Tswelopele
* Matjhabeng
* Nala

Thabo Mofutsanyana|

* Setsoto
* Dihlabeng
* Nketoana
* Maluti-a-Phofung
* Phumelela
* Mantsopa

Fezile Dabi|

* Moqhaka
* Ngwathe
* Metsimaholo
* Mafube

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