Southern is one of the 4 districts of North West province of South Africa. The seat of Southern is Klerksdorp. The majority of its 599 674 people speak Setswana (2001 Census). The district code is DC40.

Geography

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Neighbours

Southern is surrounded (clockwise) by:

• Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the north
• West Rand (CBDC8) to the east
• Sedibeng (DC42) to the east
• Northern Free State (DC20) to the south-east
• Lejweleputswa (DC18) to the south
• Bophirima (DC39) to the south-west
• Central (DC38) to the north-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
City Council of Klerksdorp	359 198	59.90%
Potchefstroom	128 356	21.40%
Maquassi Hills	69 042	11.51%
Ventersdorp	43 081	7.18%

Demographics

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The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Setswana	263 804	43.99%
Afrikaans	116 195	19.38%
Sesotho	96 849	16.15%
IsiXhosa	83 861	13.98%
English	12 921	2.15%
IsiZulu	9 430	1.57%
Xitsonga	6 642	1.11%
Sepedi	3 162	0.53%
SiSwati	2 568	0.43%
Other	2 458	0.41%
IsiNdebele	1 041	0.17%
Tshivenda	746	0.12%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Male	301 391	50.26%
Female	298 283	49.74%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	472 237	78.75%
White	104 375	17.41%
Coloured	21 027	3.51%
Indian/Asian	2 035	0.34%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	52 714	8.79%
005 - 009	51 847	8.65%
010 - 014	57 243	9.55%
015 - 019	61 062	10.18%
020 - 024	57 261	9.55%
025 - 029	54 606	9.11%
030 - 034	51 489	8.59%
035 - 039	50 094	8.35%
040 - 044	43 850	7.31%
045 - 049	33 471	5.58%
050 - 054	24 755	4.13%
055 - 059	18 666	3.11%
060 - 064	14 690	2.45%
065 - 069	10 532	1.76%
070 - 074	7 770	1.30%
075 - 079	4 823	0.80%
080 - 084	3 003	0.50%
085 - 089	1 166	0.19%
090 - 094	420	0.07%
095 - 099	150	0.03%
100 plus	62	0.01%

Politics

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Election results

Election results for Southern in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 401 692 of total population
• Total votes: 226 396 of total population
• Voting % estimate: 56.36% votes as a % of population 18 and over

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African National Congress 174 328 77.00% Democratic Alliance 28 838 12.74% Freedom Front Plus 6 465 2.86% African Christian Democratic Party 3 503 1.55% Independent Democrats 2 877 1.27% Pan African Congress 2 338 1.03% United Democratic Movement 2 095 0.93% New National Party 1 858 0.82% United Christian Democratic Party 1 670 0.74% Inkhata Freedom Party 851 0.38% Azanian People's Organisation 410 0.18% NA 247 0.11% SOPA 171 0.08% CDP 159 0.07% EMSA 141 0.06% UF 116 0.05% PJC 105 0.05% TOP 82 0.04% KISS 54 0.02% NLP 54 0.02% Minority Front 34 0.02% Total 226 396 100.00%

References

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• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results

North West municipalities | District Municipalities of South Africa | Districts of South Africa