# ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (Afrikaans: ZF Mgcawu-distriksmunisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa ZF Mgcawu), known before 1 July 2013 as the Siyanda District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Upington. As of 2011, the majority (76%) of its 236,783 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC8.
The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality is named after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu (1958–2001). The previous name Siyanda means "we are growing".

## Geography
### Neighbours

ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:
* the Republic of Botswana in the north
* John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45), formerly Kgalagadi, in the north-east
* Frances Baard (DC9) in the east
* Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south-east
* Namakwa (DC6) in the south-west
* the Republic of Namibia in the west

### Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| //Khara Hais | 73 786 | 35.16% | Afrikaans |
| Kai !Garib | 57 689 | 27.49% | Afrikaans |
| Tsantsabane | 31 010 | 14.77% | Afrikaans |
| !Kheis | 16 029 | 7.64% | Afrikaans |
| Kgatelopele | 15 448 | 7.36% | Afrikaans |
| Mier | 6 850 | 3.26% | Afrikaans |
| District Management Area | 9 083 | 4.33% | |

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
| Afrikaans | 171 371 | 81.65% |
| Setswana | 28 595 | 13.62% |
| IsiXhosa | 5 393 | 2.57% |
| English | 1 632 | 0.78% |
| Sesotho | 1 376 | 0.66% |
| Other | 822 | 0.39% |
| IsiZulu | 266 | 0.13% |
| Sepedi | 101 | 0.05% |
| IsiNdebele | 99 | 0.05% |
| Tshivenda | 97 | 0.05% |
| SiSwati | 76 | 0.04% |
| Xitsonga | 67 | 0.03% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population | % |
| Female | 107 480 | 51.21% |
| Male | 102 403 | 48.79% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Coloured | 133 711 | 63.71% |
| Black African | 51 353 | 24.47% |
| White | 24 633 | 11.74% |
| Indian/Asian | 186 | 0.09% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000 - 004 | 22 038 | 10.50% |
| 005 - 009 | 21 689 | 10.33% |
| 010 - 014 | 21 341 | 10.17% |
| 015 - 019 | 21 753 | 10.36% |
| 020 - 024 | 19 101 | 9.10% |
| 025 - 029 | 18 165 | 8.65% |
| 030 - 034 | 16 403 | 7.82% |
| 035 - 039 | 14 837 | 7.07% |
| 040 - 044 | 13 001 | 6.19% |
| 045 - 049 | 10 592 | 5.05% |
| 050 - 054 | 8 409 | 4.01% |
| 055 - 059 | 6 343 | 3.02% |
| 060 - 064 | 5 504 | 2.62% |
| 065 - 069 | 4 226 | 2.01% |
| 070 - 074 | 2 720 | 1.30% |
| 075 - 079 | 1 831 | 0.87% |
| 080 - 084 | 1 164 | 0.55% |
| 085 - 089 | 512 | 0.24% |
| 090 - 094 | 209 | 0.10% |
| 095 - 099 | 33 | 0.02% |
| 100 plus | 12 | 0.01% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Siyanda in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 131 760 [62.78% of total population]
* Total votes: 75 264 [35.86% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 57.12% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 50 826 | 67.53% |
| Independent Democrats | 7 747 | 10.29% |
| Democratic Alliance | 6 776 | 9.00% |
| New National Party | 5 401 | 7.18% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1 299 | 1.73% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1 269 | 1.69% |
| United Democratic Movement | 690 | 0.92% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 372 | 0.49% |
| Pan African Congress | 183 | 0.24% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 160 | 0.21% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 110 | 0.15% |
| EMSA | 66 | 0.09% |
| NA | 65 | 0.09% |
| PJC | 59 | 0.08% |
| KISS | 48 | 0.06% |
| SOPA | 45 | 0.06% |
| UF | 36 | 0.05% |
| CDP | 32 | 0.04% |
| NLP | 32 | 0.04% |
| TOP | 28 | 0.04% |
| Minority Front | 20 | 0.03% |
| Total | 75 264 | 100.00% |