# Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality

The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Dr Kenneth Kaunda; Afrikaans: Dr Kenneth Kaunda-distriksmunisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Dr Kenneth Kaunda; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Dr Kenneth Kaunda), formerly the Southern District Municipality, is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Klerksdorp. As of 2016, a plurality of its 742,821 residents speak Setswana. The majority of its residents live in the City of Matlosana. The district code is DC40. The district was formerly known as the Southern District Municipality. It is named after Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia.

## Geography
### Neighbours

The District borders both Gauteng and Free State Provinces. Dr Kenneth Kaunda District is surrounded (clockwise) by:
* Bojanala Platinum District Municipality to the north
* West Rand District Municipality (Gauteng province) to the east
* Sedibeng District Municipality (Gauteng province) to the east
* Fezile Dabi District Municipality (Free State province) to the south-east
* Lejweleputswa District Municipality (Free State province) to the south
* Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality to the south-west
* Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality to the north-west

### Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Name | Code | Seat | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km$^2$) |
| City of Matlosana Local Municipality | NW403 | Klerksdorp | 3,602 | 417,282 | 115.8 |
| JB Marks Local Municipality | NW405 | Potchefstroom | 6,398 | 243,527 | 38.1 |
| Maquassi Hills Local Municipality | NW404 | Wolmaransstad | 4,671 | 82,012 | 17.6 |
After the 2016 Local Government elections, Tlokwe and Ventersdorp Local Municipalities were merged into the JB Marks Local Municipality.

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
| Language | Population | % |
| Setswana | 306 897 | 44.8% |
| Afrikaans | 126 285 | 18.43% |
| Sesotho | 104 797 | 15.30% |
| IsiXhosa | 78 472 | 11.45% |
| English | 27 141 | 3.96% |
| IsiZulu | 13 459 | 1.96% |
| Other | 6 765 | 0.99% |
| Xitsonga | 5 944 | 0.87% |
| IsiNdebele | 5 314 | 0.78% |
| Sepedi | 3 972 | 0.58% |
| Sign language | 3 396 | 0.50% |
| SiSwati | 1 627 | 0.24% |
| Tshivenda | 1 015 | 0.15% |

### Gender

| Genders | Population | % |
| Female | 348 676 | 50.10% |
| Male | 347 258 | 49.90% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Black African | 559 011 | 80.33% |
| White | 101 034 | 14.52% |
| Coloured | 28 322 | 4.07% |
| Indian/Asian | 5 105 | 0.73% |
| Other | 2 461 | 0.35% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000 - 004 | 52 714 | 8.79% |
| 005 - 009 | 51 847 | 8.65% |
| 010 - 014 | 57 243 | 9.55% |
| 015 - 019 | 61 062 | 10.18% |
| 020 - 024 | 57 261 | 9.55% |
| 025 - 029 | 54 606 | 9.11% |
| 030 - 034 | 51 489 | 8.59% |
| 035 - 039 | 50 094 | 8.35% |
| 040 - 044 | 43 850 | 7.31% |
| 045 - 049 | 33 471 | 5.58% |
| 050 - 054 | 24 755 | 4.13% |
| 055 - 059 | 18 666 | 3.11% |
| 060 - 064 | 14 690 | 2.45% |
| 065 - 069 | 10 532 | 1.76% |
| 070 - 074 | 7 770 | 1.30% |
| 075 - 079 | 4 823 | 0.80% |
| 080 - 084 | 3 003 | 0.50% |
| 085 - 089 | 1 166 | 0.19% |
| 090 - 094 | 420 | 0.07% |
| 095 - 099 | 150 | 0.03% |
| 100 plus | 62 | 0.01% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Kaunda District in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 401 692 [66.99% of total population]
* Total votes: 226 396 [37.75% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 56.36% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 174 328 | 77.00% |
| Democratic Alliance | 28 838 | 12.74% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 6 465 | 2.86% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3 503 | 1.55% |
| Independent Democrats | 2 877 | 1.27% |
| Pan African Congress | 2 338 | 1.03% |
| United Democratic Movement | 2 095 | 0.93% |
| New National Party | 1 858 | 0.82% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 1 670 | 0.74% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 851 | 0.38% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 410 | 0.18% |
| NA | 247 | 0.11% |
| SOPA | 171 | 0.08% |
| CDP | 159 | 0.07% |
| EMSA | 141 | 0.06% |
| UF | 116 | 0.05% |
| PJC | 105 | 0.05% |
| TOP | 82 | 0.04% |
| KISS | 54 | 0.02% |
| NLP | 54 | 0.02% |
| Minority Front | 34 | 0.02% |
| Total | 226 396 | 100.00% |