The Joe Gqabi District Municipality (; ) 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 municipalityCodePopulation%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:
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 census:
LanguagePopulation%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%Other1 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 GenderPopulation%Female 184 325 52.70%Male 165 443 47.30%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 328 002 93.78%Coloured 12 177 3.48%White 8 277 2.37%Indian/Asian 632 0.18%
Age AgePopulation%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 PartyVotes%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%
References
External links Official website