Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 58,194 km² Black african population 53.3% Native english speakers 6.5% | Seat Port Elizabeth Municipal code DC10 White population 10.9% Native afrikaans speakers 45.1% Native xhosa speakers 45.4% | |
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Sarah Baartman District Municipality (formerly Cacadu District Municipality) is situated in the western portion of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes nine local municipalities. The seat of Sarah Baartman is the city of Port Elizabeth, although Port Elizabeth is not itself in the district (it is in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality). The largest languages among the 388,201 people are Xhosa and Afrikaans. (2001 Census). The district code is DC10.
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- Government
- Geography
- Demographics
- Election results
- References
The municipality is a new, multi-ethnic administration, formed by the ANC government through the merging of the predominantly Afrikaans-speaking western part of the Eastern Cape, together with Xhosa areas near the Fish river, and the English district of Albany (with its own distinctive local culture, dating back to the 1820 settlers).
In 2015, Cacadu District was renamed for Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman (1789–1815), a Khoikhoi woman who was brought to London to perform at freak shows and after death her body parts were exhibited until 1974. The renaming is part of an effort to redress marginalisation of the Khoikhoi people.
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Government
The Executive Mayor of Sarah Baartman District Municipality is Khunjuzwa Eunice Kekana, and the Municipal Manager is Ted Pillay.
Geography
The Sarah Baartman district covers an area of 58,243 square kilometres (22,488 sq mi) in the southwestern part of the Eastern Cape province. It extends to the Great Fish River in the east and the Sneeuberge in the north. The metropolitan area around Port Elizabeth is excluded from the district, forming the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
The southwestern part of the district (west of Port Elizabeth) is marked by several ranges of mountains that run parallel to the sea, including the Baviaanskloof Mountains, the Kouga Mountains and the Tsitsikamma Mountains. In the southeastern part (east of Port Elizabeth) is the Albany region around the city of Grahamstown. The northern interior of the district is the southeastern end of the Karoo.
To the west the district borders on the Eden and Central Karoo districts of the Western Cape; to the north it borders on the Pixley ka Seme district of the Northern Cape; and to the east it borders on the Chris Hani and Amathole districts of the Eastern Cape.
Sarah Baartman district is divided into nine local municipalities, described in the following table.
After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016, the Camdeboo, Ikwezi and Baviaans municipalities were merged to form the new Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality, with its headoffices in Graaff-Reinet. This merger resulted in there being 7 local municipalities within the Sarah Baartman District.
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Election results
Election results for Cacadu in the South African general election, 2004.