The Frances Baard District Municipality (; ), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2022, the majority of its 434,342 residents speak Setswana.Municipal Profiles The district code is DC9.

Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.Du Toit, A. 2009. "Baard only honoured after death" Noordkaap newspaper 19 Aug 2009:2

Geography Neighbours Frances Baard is surrounded by: Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) in the north John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45) in the north west Lejweleputswa (DC18) in the east Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south Xhariep (DC16) in the south-west ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the west

Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation (2022)%Sol Plaatje 270 078 Phokwane 80 481 Dikgatlong 56 967 Magareng 26 816

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2022 census. Gender GenderPopulation%Female 226 239 Male 208 104

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 291 162 67.1%Coloured 101 815 23.4%White 36 116 8.3%Indian/Asian 4 510 1.0%Other 604 0.1%

Age AgePopulation%0 - 4 41 323 5 - 14 78 255 15 - 34 145 174 35 - 59 125 225 60+ 44 315

Politics Election results Election results for Frances Baard in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 206 209 [63.49% of total population] Total votes: 129 954 [40.01% of total population] Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 98 219 75.58% Democratic Alliance 14 164 10.90% Independent Democrats 5 086 3.91% New National Party 4 098 3.15% African Christian Democratic Party 2 211 1.70% Azanian People's Organisation 1 498 1.15% Freedom Front Plus 1 259 0.97% United Christian Democratic Party 1 077 0.83% Pan African Congress 842 0.65% Inkhata Freedom Party 394 0.30% United Democratic Movement 347 0.27% NA 109 0.08% EMSA 100 0.08% PJC 89 0.07% SOPA 89 0.07% CDP 80 0.06% NLP 76 0.06% UF 67 0.05% KISS 57 0.04% TOP 57 0.04% Minority Front 35 0.03% Total 129 954 100.00%

References

External links Frances Baard District Municipality District