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Tsantsabane

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2,59% Population growth rate (2001-2011).

2,59% Growth Rate

Tsantsabane Local Municipality is located within the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape Province, and falls within the boundaries of the Siyanda District Municipality. Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones (e.g. the hematite).

The nearest business centre is Kimberley, which is about 200km away. The municipality’s main town is Postmasburg. Three main traffic routes provide access to other cities, namely Johannesburg via Kuruman and the Kalahari and Cape Town via Kimberley. The rest of the Tsantsabane Municipality area comprises of Boichoko, Postdene, New Town, Stasie, Groen Water, Skyfontein, Jean Heaven, the new established settlement brought about by the land redistribution called Marenane, and the well-known Lohatlha Army Battle SchoolCities/Towns: Beeshoek and Postmasburg. Area: 18,333km².

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35,093

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People

Quick Fact

13,7% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to census 2011, there are 35 093 people in the municipality. Of these, 52,8% are African black, 37,6% are coloured, and 8,4% are white. Other population groups make up the remaining 1,2% of the population.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 13,9% had some primary schooling, 5,3% had completed primary, 35,4% had some secondary, and 25,4 had matric. Only 6,4% had a higher qualification, and 13,7% had no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	52,8%
Coloured	37,6%
Indian/Asian	0,6%
White	8,4%
Other	0,6%

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Age	Males	Females
0-4	5,3%	5,3%
5-9	4,3%	4,4%
10-14	4,6%	4,2%
15-19	4,4%	4,2%
20-24	5,9%	4,8%
25-29	6,1%	4,6%
30-34	5,2%	3,7%
35-39	3,8%	3,4%
40-44	3,1%	2,8%
45-49	2,6%	2,6%
50-54	2,2%	2,3%
55-59	1,7%	1,6%
60-64	1,3%	1,4%
65-69	0,7%	1%
70-74	0,5%	0,7%
75-79	0,3%	0,5%
80-84	0,1%	0,2%
85+	0,1%	0,3%

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	54,5%
English	2,3%
IsiNdebele	0,7%
IsiXhosa	2,4%
IsiZulu	1,1%
Sepedi	0,4%
Sesotho	2,3%
Setswana	32,8%
Sign Language	0,5%
SiSwati	0,1%
Tshivenda	0,3%
Xitsonga	0,2%
Other	1.3%
Not Applicable	1,3%

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Group	Percentage
Married	22,9%
Living together like married partners	9,5%
Never married	62,8%
Widower/Widow	3,3%
Separated	0,6%
Divorced	0,9%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	4,6%
Some Primary	41%
Completed Primary	6,4%
Some Secondary	32,1%
Completed Secondary	13,7%
Higher Education	1%
Not Applicable	1,2%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	47,7%
Male	52,3%

Living Conditions

Quick Fact

83,5% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 9 839 households in the municipality and the population has access to the following basic services:

96,0% of the households have access to water.
68,9% of the population has access to flush toilet.
83,5% has access to internet facilities.
58,6% has access to refuse removal.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	90,3%
Tribal/Traditional	0%
Farm	9,7%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	86,1%	13,9%
Computer	18,8%	81,2%
Television	71%	29%
Satellite Television	32%	68%
Radio	56,4%	43,6%
Landline / Telephone	8,2%	91,8%
Motor Car	30,9%	69,1%
Refrigerator	67,1%	32,9%
Electric / Gas-Stove	82,7%	17,3%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	79,1%	69,1%	83,5%
Gas	8,7%	3,4%	0,4%
Paraffin	3,8%	1,4%	0,7%
Solar	0,3%	0,4%	1,3%
Candles	0%	0%	13,8%
Wood	7,1%	16,6%	0%
Coal	0,1%	0,3%	0%
Animal Dung	0%	0,1%	0%
Other	0,1%	0%	0%
None	0,9%	8,6%	0,5%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	6,2%
From Cellphone	16,1%
From Work	3,2%
From Elsewhere	2,4%
No Access	72,2%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	24,3%
Owned and fully paid off	40,4%
Owned but not yet paid off	4,3%
Occupied rent free	26,4%
Other	4,5%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	76,7%
Borehole	11,7%
Spring	0,1%
Rain water tank	0,1%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	5,1%
River/Stream	0,1%
Water vendor	0,2%
Water tanker	1,5%
Other	4,4%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	18,3%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	66,7%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	2,2%
Chemical toilet	1,2%
Pit toilet with ventilation	2,6%
Pit toilet without ventilation	2%
Bucket toilet	5,6%
Other	1,4%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	57,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,3%
Communal refuse dump	6,4%
Own refuse dump	25,4%
No rubbish disposal	8,3%
Other	1,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	57,4%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	1,3%
Communal refuse dump	6,4%
Own refuse dump	25,4%
No rubbish disposal	8,3%
Other	1,3%

Economy

Quick Fact

32,3% Youth unemployment rate.

Economically Tsantsabane is known for being rich in minerals, and for its mining, agriculture, manufacturing and farming sectors. Tsantsabane has reinvented itself over the years as one of the leading investment hot spots in the Northern Cape. The construction of the Anglo American Kumba Iron Ore’s Kolomela mine has brought an implosion of development to the area.

Kolomela mine is one of Anglo American’s Big Four expansion projects alongside Barro Alto in Brazil (nickel), Minas Rio in Brazil (ferrous) and Los Bronces in Chile (copper). The mine is situated in the town of Postmasburg in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The name Kolomela means “to dig deeper or further”, or “to persevere”, and the excellent physical strength of Kolomela mine’s lump ore will enable Kumba tocontinue to meet its customers’ needs.

Kolomela is scheduled to produce 9Mtpa of direct shipping ore once it is fully operational in 2013.
Its total mineral resource is 373Mt at 64% Fe cut-off grade and 405Mt at 55% Fe cut-off grade..
Total investment in social and community projects in 2011 over R30,9 million.
R8,5 billion investment in the Northern Cape.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	10760
Unemployed	3795
Discouraged Work Seeker	419
Not Economically Active	8764

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Income	Percentage
None income	12,9%
R1 - R4,800	2,7%
R4,801 - R9,600	4,2%
R9,601 - R19,600	14,1%
R19,601 - R38,200	18,5%
R38,201 - R76,4000	16,5%
R76,401 - R153,800	14,2%
R153,801 - R307,600	9,6%
R307,601 - R614,400	5,1%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	1,4%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,5%
R2,457,601+	0,3%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	671
Poultry production	533
Vegetable production	115
Production of other crops	101
Other	142

**An agricultural household may engage in more than one agricultural activity

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	99
Animals only	858
Mixed farming	117
Other	58

**An agricultural household may not fall under more than one agricultural activity

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Income category of agricultural households
Annual income category of agricultural household heads	Number
No income	212
R1-R4 800	43
R4 801-R38 400	481
R38 401-R307 200	294
R307 201+	70
Unspecified	33

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Place names

Places in Tsantsabane Municipality
Glosam Goedgedacht Groenwater Postmansburg Tsantsabane NU

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	35,093
Young (0-14)	27,9%
Working Age (15-64)	67,6%
Elderly (65+)	4,4%
Dependency ratio	47,8
Sex ratio	109,8
Growth rate	2,59% (2001-2011)
Population density	2 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	26,1%
Youth unemployment rate	32,3%
No schooling aged 20+	13,7%
Higher education aged 20+	6,3%
Matric aged 20+	25,3%
Number of households	9,839
Number of Agricultural households	1,132
Average household size	3,5
Female headed households	31,3%
Formal dwellings	71,8%
Housing owned/paying off	44,7%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	66,7%
Weekly refuse removal	57,4%
Piped water inside dwelling	45,3%
Electricity for lighting	83,5%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	27,082
Young (0-14)	31,4%
Working Age (15-64)	67,6%
Elderly (65+)	4,7%
Dependency ratio	56,4%
Sex ratio	96,1
Growth rate	0,38% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	33,9%
Youth unemployment rate	43,1%
No schooling aged 20+	24,2%
Higher education aged 20+	4,1%
Matric aged 20+	16,7%
Number of households	6,800
Average household size	3,9
Female headed households	33,1%
Formal dwellings	81,4%
Housing owned/paying off	53,9%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	61,7%
Weekly refuse removal	67,5%
Piped water inside dwelling	35,5%
Electricity for lighting	74,4%

2011
2001

Economic Stats

Joe de Beer (Deputy Director-General)
012 310 8024
082 888 2600
joedb@statssa.gov.za

Peter Perkins
(Economist)
012 310 8389
082 883 9532
peterp@statssa.gov.za

Social Stats

Gwen Lehloenya (Acting Deputy Director-General)
012 310 8333
082 888 2323
gwenL@statssa.gov.za

Neo Nghenavo
(Director)
012 310 8047
082 888 2613
neon@statssa.gov.za

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Topic	Contact	Alternative Contact
Consumer price index (CPI), Producer price index (PPI), Unit value indices: exports / imports, Construction materials price indices	Patrick Kelly (Chief Director) 012 310 8290 082 888 2248 patrickke@statssa.gov.za	Marietjie Bennett (Director) 012 310 8077 082 888 2194 marietjieb@statssa.gov.za
Government finance: national and provincial government	Moses Mnyaka (Chief Director) 012 310 8984 / 8586 083 471 3531 mosesmn@statssa.gov.za	Elizabeth Makhafola (Director) 012 310 8977 082 888 9062 elizabethma@statssa.gov.za
Government finance: local government	Moses Mnyaka (Chief Director) 012 310 8984 / 8586 083 471 3531 mosesmn@statssa.gov.za	Malibongwe Mhemhe (Director) 012 310 6928 082 906 8964 malibongwem@statssa.gov.za
Supply and use tables, Satellite accounts, Regional GDP	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za
Gross domestic product (GDP), production	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za	Bontlenyana Makhoba(Chief Economist) 012 310 8567 bontlenyanam@statssa.gov.za
Gross domestic product (GDP), expenditure	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za	Litshani Ligudu (Director) 012 310 4674 082 884 4279 litshanil@statssa.gov.za
Environmental-economic accounts	Gerhardt Bouwer (Chief Director) 012 310 8241 082 888 2409 gerhardb@statssa.gov.za	Riaan Grobler (Director) 012 406 3474 084 515 2908 riaang@statssa.gov.za
Mining, manufacturing, electricity, capacity utilisation	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Nicolai Claassen (Director) 012 310 8007 076 759 0200 nicolaic@statssa.gov.za
Retail, wholesale, motor, land transport	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Keshnee Naidoo (Director) 012 310 8423 083 689 5341 keshneen@statssa.gov.za
Building, liquidations, civil cases for debt, food & beverages, tourist accommodation	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Joyce Essel-Mensah (Director) 012 310 8255 082 888 2374 joycee@statssa.gov.za
Annual financial statistics (AFS)	Sagaren Pillay (Chief Director) 012 310 4619 082 905 2665 sagarenp@statssa.gov.za	Amukelani Ngobeni (Director) 012 310 2938 082 677 4536 amukelanin@statssa.gov.za
Quarterly financial statistics (QFS)	Sagaren Pillay (Chief Director) 012 310 4619 082 905 2665 sagarenp@statssa.gov.za	Krisseelan Govinden (Director) 012 310 4651 082 901 7960 krisseelang@statssa.gov.za
Structural industry statistics (large sample surveys of industries every 3 to 5 years; agriculture)	Itani Magwaba (Chief Director) 012 337 6471 / 6254 082 905 5143 itanim@statssa.gov.za	Tshepo Pekane (Director) 012 310 8191 083 675 8654 tshepop@statssa.gov.za
Population Statistics (Census and Community Survey)	Christine Khoza (Chief Director) 012 310 2185 071 670 2672 christinek@statssa.gov.za	Angela Ngyende (Chief Statistician) 012 310 4699 079 519 3212 angelan@statssa.gov.za
Demography-Mid-year Population Estimates	Diego Iturralde (Chief Director) 012 310 8922 082 413 2661 diegoi@statssa.gov.za	Chantal Munthree (Chief Statistician) 012 310 6648 082 888 2289 chantalMu@statssa.gov.za
Labour Statistics- Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS)	Malerato Mosiane (Acting Chief Director) 012 310 8688 082 888 2449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za	Desiree Manamela (Director) 012 310 2145 071 681 2768 DesireeM@statssa.gov.za Malerato Mosiane (Chief Statistician) 012 310 8688 082 888 2449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za
Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES)	Malerato Mosiane (Acting Chief Director) 012 310 8688 082 8882449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za	Matlapane Masupye (Acting Director) 012 310 8168 082 317 5340 matlapanem@statssa.gov.za
Tourism Statistics (Domestic Tourism Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Brenda Mosima (Director) 012 310 8168 082 906 7925 BrendaMo@statssa.gov.za
Crime and Safety Statistics (Victims of Crime Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Joseph Lukhwareni (Director) 012 310 8485 082 888 2486 JosephL@statssa.gov.za
Service Delivery Statistics (General Household Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Niel Roux (Director) 012 310 2939 082 904 7919 NielR@statssa.gov.za
Transport Statistics (National Travel Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Solly Molayi (Director) 012 310 6442 083 440 7035 SollyMol@statssa.gov.za
Gender Statistics	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Tshepo Mabela (Director) 012 310 8587 082 941 9383 TshepoMab@statssa.gov.za
Mortality and Causes of Deaths	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Tourism and Migration	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Ramadimetja Matji(Director) 012 406 33011 071 670 3272 ramadimetjaM@statssa.gov.za
Registered Births	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Marriages and Divorces	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Ramadimetja Matji(Director) 012 406 33011 071 670 3272 ramadimetjaM@statssa.gov.za
Living Conditions Survey	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Income and Expenditure Survey	Nozipho Shabalala (Chief Director ) 012 310 6994 082 904 8896 Noziphos@statssa.gov.za	Werner Ruch (Director) 012 310 6318 082 906 7967 wernerr@statssa.gov.za

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