# Pixley ka Seme District Municipality

The Pixley ka Seme District Municipality (Afrikaans: Pixley ka Seme-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Pixley ka Seme) is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Pixley ka Seme is De Aar. As of 2011, a majority (77%) of its 186,351 residents speak Afrikaans as a first language. The district code is DC7. It is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, one of the founders of the African National Congress.

## Geography
### Neighbours

Pixley ka Seme is surrounded by other districts as follows:
vtePlaces adjacent to Pixley ka Seme District Municipality :
ZF Mgcawu District (DC8)
ZF Mgcawu District (DC8)
Frances Baard District (DC9)
Namakwa District (DC6)
Pixley ka Seme
Xhariep District (DC16)
Central Karoo District (DC5)
Sarah Baartman District (DC10)
Joe Gqabi District (DC14) Chris Hani District (DC13) :

### Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population (2022) | % | Dominant language |
| Emthanjeni | 46,587 | 21,5 | Afrikaans |
| Siyancuma | 54,165 | 25.1 | Afrikaans |
| Umsobomvu | 29,555 | 13.6 | Xhosa |
| Siyathemba | 27,105 | 12.5 | Afrikaans |
| Ubuntu | 15,836 | 7.3 | Afrikaans |
| Thembelihle | 22,542 | 10.4 | Afrikaans |
| Kareeberg | 10,961 | 5.0 | Afrikaans |
| Renosterberg | 10,843 | 5.0 | Afrikaans |

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 and 2022 census.
| Language | Population (2011) | % |
| Afrikaans | 140,641 | 76.79% |
| IsiXhosa | 32,017 | 17.48% |
| English | 2,991 | 1.63% |
| Tswana | 2,922 | 1.60% |
| Sesotho | 1,483 | 0.81% |
| Other | 941 | 0.51% |
| Sign language | 745 | 0.41% |
| IsiZulu | 446 | 0.24% |
| IsiNdebele | 298 | 0.16% |
| Sepedi | 286 | 0.16% |
| Tshivenda | 171 | 0.09% |
| Xitsonga | 108 | 0.06% |
| SiSwati | 104 | 0.06% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population (2011) | % | Population (2022) | % |
| Female | 94,284 | 50.59 | 112 051 | 51.7 |
| Male | 92,068 | 49.41 | 104 538 | 48.3 |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population (2011) | % | Population (2022) | % |
| Coloured | 110,257 | 59.17 | 128 789 | 59.5 |
| Black African | 58,614 | 31.45 | 64 461 | 29.8 |
| White | 15,064 | 8.08 | 21 436 | 9.9 |
| Indian/Asian | 1,046 | 0.56 | 1 696 | 0.8 |
| Other | 1,371 | 0.74 | 185 | 0.1 |

### Age

| Age | Population (2011) | % | Population (2022) | % |
| 000–004 | 17 114 | 10.40 | 20 952 | 9.6 |
| 005–009 | 17 869 | 10.86 | 20 150 | 9.3 |
| 010–014 | 18 744 | 11.39 | 20 753 | 9.5 |
| 015–019 | 17 638 | 10.72 | 20 513 | 9.5 |
| 020–024 | 12 796 | 7.77 | 18 367 | 8.5 |
| 025–029 | 11 970 | 7.27 | 17 053 | 7.9 |
| 030–034 | 11 858 | 7.20 | 16 184 | 7.5 |
| 035–039 | 10 997 | 6.68 | 15 138 | 7.0 |
| 040–044 | 9 664 | 5.87 | 12 942 | 6.0 |
| 045–049 | 8 761 | 5.32 | 11 261 | 5.2 |
| 050–054 | 7 090 | 4.31 | 11 066 | 5.2 |
| 055–059 | 5 581 | 3.39 | 9 733 | 4.5 |
| 060–064 | 4 720 | 2.87 | 7 933 | 3.7 |
| 065–069 | 3 733 | 2.27 | 6 148 | 2.8 |
| 070–074 | 2 488 | 1.51 | 3 948 | 1.8 |
| 075–079 | 1 692 | 1.03 | 2 329 | 1.1 |
| 080–084 | 1 123 | 0.68 | 1 205 | 0.6 |
| 085–089 | 489 | 0.30 | 845 (85+) | 0.4 |
| 090–094 | 217 | 0.13 | - | - |
| 095–099 | 51 | 0.03 | - | - |
| 100 plus | 13 | 0.01 | - | - |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Pixley ka Seme in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 99 868 [60.67% of total population]
* Total votes: 66 585 [40.45% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 66.67% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 43 618 | 65.51% |
| New National Party | 8 730 | 13.11% |
| Democratic Alliance | 7 067 | 10.61% |
| Independent Democrats | 3 298 | 4.95% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1 225 | 1.84% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1 154 | 1.73% |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 305 | 0.46% |
| United Democratic Movement | 240 | 0.36% |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 136 | 0.20% |
| NA | 110 | 0.17% |
| PJC | 105 | 0.16% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 104 | 0.16% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 97 | 0.15% |
| EMSA | 71 | 0.11% |
| TOP | 63 | 0.09% |
| NLP | 60 | 0.09% |
| KISS | 50 | 0.08% |
| SOPA | 50 | 0.08% |
| CDP | 43 | 0.06% |
| UF | 43 | 0.06% |
| Minority Front | 16 | 0.02% |
| Total | 66 585 | 100.00% |