Fezile Dabi District Municipality

The Fezile Dabi District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Fezile Dabi; Afrikaans: Fezile Dabi-distriktsmunisipaliteit), formerly known as the Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Sasolburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 460,289 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC20.

Fezile Dabi Northern Free State
District municipality
Seal
Location of Fezile Dabi District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 26°49′S 27°49′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Sasolburg
Local municipalities	List Moqhaka Ngwathe Metsimaholo Mafube
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jonas Ramokhoase (ANC)
Area
• Total	20,668 km2 (7,980 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	527,788
• Density	26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2021) [2]
• Black African	85.28%
• Coloured	2.06%
• Indian/Asian	0.49
• White	12.17%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	67.3%
• Afrikaans	13.8%
• Xhosa	6.0%
• Zulu	5.6%
• Other	7.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC20

Geography

Neighbours

Northern Free State is surrounded by:

• Sedibeng in Gauteng to the north (DC42)
• Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30)
• Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19)
• Lejweleputswa to the south-west (DC18)
• Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North-West to the north-west (DC40)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Moqhaka	167 886	36.47%	Sotho
Ngwathe	118 820	25.81%	Sotho
Metsimaholo	115 964	25.19%	Sotho
Mafube	57 637	12.52%	Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Sesotho	312 962	67.99%
Afrikaans	62 430	13.56%
IsiXhosa	34 888	7.58%
IsiZulu	31 229	6.78%
Setswana	6 121	1.33%
English	4 749	1.03%
Sepedi	2 628	0.57%
SiSwati	1 537	0.33%
IsiNdebele	1 243	0.27%
Xitsonga	1 241	0.27%
Other	757	0.16%
Tshivenda	522	0.11%

Sex

Gender	Population	%
Female	233 921	50.82%
Male	226 368	49.18%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	394 519	85.71%
White	56 094	12.19%
Coloured	9 174	1.99%
Indian/Asian	502	0.11%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	41 558	9.03%
005 - 009	43 971	9.55%
010 - 014	49 984	10.86%
015 - 019	51 062	11.09%
020 - 024	42 606	9.26%
025 - 029	39 124	8.50%
030 - 034	34 867	7.58%
035 - 039	32 496	7.06%
040 - 044	28 301	6.15%
045 - 049	24 171	5.25%
050 - 054	19 601	4.26%
055 - 059	14 915	3.24%
060 - 064	12 049	2.62%
065 - 069	9 577	2.08%
070 - 074	7 059	1.53%
075 - 079	4 119	0.89%
080 - 084	2 922	0.63%
085 - 089	1 249	0.27%
090 - 094	469	0.10%
095 - 099	132	0.03%
100 plus	57	0.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Northern Free State in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 293 994 [63.87% of total population]
• Total votes: 182 833 [39.72% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 62.19% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	146 691	80.23%
Democratic Alliance	20 395	11.15%
Freedom Front Plus	4 210	2.30%
United Democratic Movement	2 326	1.27%
African Christian Democratic Party	2 265	1.24%
New National Party	1 511	0.83%
Pan African Congress	1 449	0.79%
Independent Democrats	1 097	0.60%
Azanian People's Organisation	894	0.49%
Inkhata Freedom Party	749	0.41%
United Christian Democratic Party	301	0.16%
SOPA	203	0.11%
NA	167	0.09%
CDP	126	0.07%
EMSA	109	0.06%
PJC	94	0.05%
UF	84	0.05%
TOP	60	0.03%
KISS	35	0.02%
NLP	34	0.02%
Minority Front	33	0.02%
Total	182 833	100.00%