# Joe Gqabi District Municipality

The Joe Gqabi District Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Joe Gqabi; Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Joe Gqabi) is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Barkly East. As of 2011, the majority of its 349,768 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa.
Before 1 February 2010, it was known as the Ukhahlamba District Municipality; its name was changed in recognition of Joe Gqabi (1929–1981), an African National Congress member who was a journalist for the New Age, a member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe, and one of the Pretoria Twelve.

## Geography
### Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Code | Population | % |
| Elundini | EC141 | 138 141 | 39.50% |
| Senqu | EC142 | 134 150 | 38.35% |
| Walter Sisulu | EC145 | 77 477 | 22.15% |

### Neighbours

Joe Gqabi is surrounded by the following districts:
vtePlaces adjacent to Joe Gqabi District Municipality :
Xhariep (DC16)
Lesotho
Pixley ka Seme (DC7)
Joe Gqabi
Alfred Nzo (DC44)
Chris Hani (DC13)
OR Tambo (DC15) :

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census:
| Language | Population | % |
| Xhosa | 244 021 | 70.47% |
| Sotho | 69 889 | 20.18% |
| Afrikaans | 20 329 | 5.87% |
| English | 5 696 | 1.64% |
| Sign language | 2 124 | 0.61% |
| Other | 1 319 | 0.38% |
| Zulu | 875 | 0.25% |
| Ndebele | 603 | 0.17% |
| Northern Sotho | 592 | 0.17% |
| Tswana | 471 | 0.14% |
| Tsonga | 153 | 0.04% |
| Venda | 141 | 0.04% |
| Swati | 77 | 0.02% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population | % |
| Female | 184 325 | 52.70% |
| Male | 165 443 | 47.30% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Black African | 328 002 | 93.78% |
| Coloured | 12 177 | 3.48% |
| White | 8 277 | 2.37% |
| Indian/Asian | 632 | 0.18% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000 - 004 | 35 279 | 10.34% |
| 005 - 009 | 45 321 | 13.28% |
| 010 - 014 | 51 410 | 15.06% |
| 015 - 019 | 46 355 | 13.58% |
| 020 - 024 | 28 543 | 8.36% |
| 025 - 029 | 19 533 | 5.72% |
| 030 - 034 | 16 274 | 4.77% |
| 035 - 039 | 15 584 | 4.57% |
| 040 - 044 | 14 915 | 4.37% |
| 045 - 049 | 12 997 | 3.81% |
| 050 - 054 | 11 073 | 3.24% |
| 055 - 059 | 9 131 | 2.68% |
| 060 - 064 | 9 828 | 2.88% |
| 065 - 069 | 9 700 | 2.84% |
| 070 - 074 | 6 694 | 1.96% |
| 075 - 079 | 3 824 | 1.12% |
| 080 - 084 | 3 312 | 0.97% |
| 085 - 089 | 962 | 0.28% |
| 090 - 094 | 402 | 0.12% |
| 095 - 099 | 138 | 0.04% |
| 100 plus | 62 | 0.02% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Joe Gqabi (prev. Ukhahlamba) in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 180 079 [52.76% of total population]
* Total votes: 114 530 [33.55% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 63.60% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 97 560 | 85.18% |
| United Democratic Movement | 7 924 | 6.92% |
| Democratic Alliance | 4 357 | 3.80% |
| Pan African Congress | 1 344 | 1.17% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 732 | 0.64% |
| Independent Democrats | 584 | 0.51% |
| New National Party | 434 | 0.38% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 429 | 0.37% |
| SOPA | 156 | 0.14% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 153 | 0.13% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 150 | 0.13% |
| EMSA | 125 | 0.11% |
| PJC | 116 | 0.10% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 116 | 0.10% |
| NA | 84 | 0.07% |
| TOP | 65 | 0.06% |
| UF | 65 | 0.06% |
| CDP | 44 | 0.04% |
| Minority Front | 37 | 0.03% |
| NLP | 28 | 0.02% |
| KISS | 27 | 0.02% |
| Total | 114 530 | 100.00% |