The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality (), formerly the Central District Municipality, is one of the four districts of the North West province of South Africa. Its capital is Mafikeng, which is also the capital of the province. It was named after Dr. Silas Molema (1891-1965), a South African doctor, politician, activist, and historian who was born in Mafeking.

Geography Neighbours Ngaka Modiri Molema District has the following neighbours: The Republic of Botswana to the north Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality to the west Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality to the south Bojanala Platinum District Municipality district to the east Waterberg District Municipality (Limpopo province) to the north-east

Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageMafeking 291 527 34.59%SetswanaDitsobotla 168 902 20.04%SetswanaRamotshere Moiloa 150 713 17.88%SetswanaTswaing 124 218 14.74%SetswanaRatlou 107 339 12.74%Setswana

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%Setswana 681,327 81.78%Afrikaans 41,808 5.02%English 27,017 3.24%IsiXhosa 22,336 2.68%Sesotho 20,780 2.49%IsiZulu 12,750 1.53%Other9,952 1.19%IsiNdebele 7,883 0.95%Sepedi 3,277 0.39%Sign language 3,035 0.36%Xitsonga 1,631 0.20%Tshivenda 697 0.08% SiSwati 678 0.08%

Gender GenderPopulation%Female 429,300 50.94%Male 413,399 49.06%

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation (2011)%Black African 791,251 93.89%White 30,950 3.67%Coloured 13,809 1.64%Indian/Asian 4,968 0.59%

Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 82 826 10.86%005 - 009 88 869 11.65%010 - 014 92 003 12.06%015 - 019 88 529 11.60%020 - 024 70 530 9.24%025 - 029 59 967 7.86%030 - 034 53 025 6.95%035 - 039 48 171 6.31%040 - 044 42 075 5.51%045 - 049 32 569 4.27%050 - 054 25 227 3.31%055 - 059 21 085 2.76%060 - 064 17 893 2.35%065 - 069 13 514 1.77%070 - 074 10 638 1.39%075 - 079 8 010 1.05%080 - 084 4 675 0.61%085 - 089 2 016 0.26%090 - 094 845 0.11%095 - 099 386 0.05%100 plus 138 0.02%

Politics

Election results Election results for Ngaka Modiri Molema District in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 446 018 [58.46% of total population] Total votes: 254 874 [33.40% of total population] Voting % estimate: 57.14% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 196 318 77.03% United Christian Democratic Party 37 610 14.76% Democratic Alliance 8 166 3.20% Freedom Front Plus 2 636 1.03% African Christian Democratic Party 2 130 0.84% Pan African Congress 2 059 0.81% United Democratic Movement 1 634 0.64% New National Party 915 0.36% Independent Democrats 848 0.33% Azanian People's Organisation 593 0.23% Inkhata Freedom Party 423 0.17% SOPA 317 0.12% EMSA 259 0.10% PJC 175 0.07% NA 170 0.07% CDP 158 0.06% TOP 140 0.05% UF 133 0.05% KISS 66 0.03% Minority Front 63 0.02% NLP 61 0.02% Total 254 874 100.00%

References

External links Official website