Cacadu District Municipality
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Cacadu District Municipality

Administration
Full nameCacadu District Municipality
Settlement typeDistrict municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Government
MayorMlungisi Gerald Mvoko
Geography
Total Area22481.4 sq mi (58242 km2)
Demography
Total Population388201
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Racial makeup
Black African52.11%
Coloured36.34%
White11.36%
Indian/Asian0.19%
Afrikaans45.06%
English5.36%
Sotho0.19%
Zulu0.15%
Other information
Time zoneSouth African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Municipal codeDC10

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Cacadu District Municipality (CDM) 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 and other portions collectively known as the District Management Areas (DMAs). The seat of Cacadu is Port Elizabeth. The largest languages among the 388 201 people are Xhosa and Afrikaans. (2001 Census). The district code is DC10.

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).

The name Cacadu is derived from the Khoikhoi word tkakadao, which means "bulrush river". This was an earlier name for the current Papkuils River near Port Elizabeth, and a river tributary to the northeast.

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Basic housing targets not met in Eastern Cape - Weekend Post Tweet this news
Weekend Post--The -district- had a target of 3161 houses, but up until recently only about 25%, or 785 houses, had been built. In the -Cacadu district- about 33% - only 730 ... - Date : Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:42:34 GMT+00:00
'Illegal taxi ranks' upset business owners - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--Chris Hani -District Municipality- communications officer Thobeka Mqamelo confirmed that the -district municipality- had taken over the project from the ... - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:51:41 GMT+00:00
Crisis time as Port Alfred set to run out of water - Weekend Post Tweet this news
Weekend Post--“But we are in crisis and we took the decision to go all-out for this thing while applying at the same time to -Cacadu- (-district municipality-) and national ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:12:24 GMT+00:00
Renewable energy high on the agenda - Weekend Post Tweet this news
Weekend Post--THE -Cacadu District- Municipal and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have joined forces to promote the renewable energy sector in the Eastern ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 05:38:48 GMT+00:00
EC gets six public viewing venues for the World Cup - Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Dispatch Online--The confirmed venues, in the various districts, thus far are Miki Yili Stadium in Grahamstown (-Cacadu-); North End in Matatiele ( Alfred Nzo); Kwedi Naledi ... - Date : Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:06:30 GMT+00:00

Local municipalities :
Local municipality Population %
Makana 74 544 19.20%
Kouga 70 693 18.21%
Ndlambe 55 478 14.29%
Camdeboo 44 381 11.43%
Sunday's River Valley 41 580 10.71%
Blue Crane Route 35 006 9.02%
Kou-Kamma 34 296 8.83%
Baviaans 15 341 3.95%
Ikwezi 10 371 2.67%
Aberdeen Plain 6 531 1.68%

Local municipalities :
Language Population %
Xhosa 190 003 48.94%
Afrikaans 174 917 45.06%
English 20 806 5.36%
Sotho 744 0.19%
Zulu 596 0.15%
Other 451 0.12%
Ndebele 192 0.05%
Swati 172 0.04%
Tswana 127 0.03%
Northern Sotho 87 0.02%
Tsonga 80 0.02%
Venda 46 0.01%

Gender :
Gender Population %
Female 202 295 52.11%
Male 185 906 47.89%

Ethnic group :
Ethnic group Population %
Black African 202 289 52.11%
Coloured 141 083 36.34%
White 44 110 11.36%
Indian/Asian 719 0.19%

Age :
Age Population %
000 - 004 33 178 8.55%
005 - 009 36 745 9.47%
010 - 014 40 809 10.51%
015 - 019 41 052 10.57%
020 - 024 33 222 8.56%
025 - 029 32 096 8.27%
030 - 034 29 929 7.71%
035 - 039 27 840 7.17%
040 - 044 24 208 6.24%
045 - 049 20 483 5.28%
050 - 054 16 494 4.25%
055 - 059 13 289 3.42%
060 - 064 12 928 3.33%
065 - 069 9 218 2.37%
070 - 074 6 764 1.74%
075 - 079 4 447 1.15%
080 - 084 3 276 0.84%
085 - 089 1 325 0.34%
090 - 094 680 0.18%
095 - 099 154 0.04%
100 plus 64 0.02%

Election results :
Party Votes %
African National Congress 116 320 72.07%
Democratic Alliance 27 615 17.11%
Independent Democrats 3 768 2.33%
New National Party 3 694 2.29%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 755 1.71%
United Democratic Movement 2 416 1.50%
Freedom Front Plus 1 687 1.05%
Pan African Congress 999 0.62%
Azanian People's Organisation 492 0.30%
Inkhata Freedom Party 277 0.17%
United Christian Democratic Party 222 0.14%
NA 201 0.12%
SOPA 168 0.10%
EMSA 160 0.10%
CDP 144 0.09%
PJC 113 0.07%
UF 99 0.06%
TOP 82 0.05%
KISS 75 0.05%
NLP 69 0.04%
Minority Front 43 0.03%
Total 161 399 100.00%

Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

CapitalBhisho
RegionsAmatola * Northern * Western * Wild Coast
CitiesPort Elizabeth * East London * Mthatha
Largest townsUitenhage * Port Alfred * Bhisho * Graaff-Reinet * Jeffreys Bay * Grahamstown
Metropolitan MunicipalitiesNelson Mandela Bay
District MunicipalitiesCacadu * Amatole * Chris Hani * Ukhahlamba * O.R. Tambo * Alfred Nzo



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