Xhariep District Municipality, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 50 relations: African Christian Democratic Party, African National Congress, Afrikaans, Azanian People's Organisation, Bantu peoples of South Africa, Census, Coloureds, Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Districts of South Africa, Eastern Cape, English language, First language, Frances Baard District Municipality, Free State (province), Freedom Front Plus, Gariep Dam, Independent Democrats, Indian South Africans, Inkatha Freedom Party, Jagersfontein, Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Koffiefontein, Kopanong Local Municipality, Language family, Languages of South Africa, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Lesotho, Letsemeng Local Municipality, List of political parties in South Africa, Local municipality (South Africa), Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Minority Front, Mohokare Local Municipality, Municipal council, Naledi Local Municipality, Free State, New National Party (South Africa), Northern Cape, Northern Sotho, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Sotho language, South Africa, South African Standard Time, Trompsburg, Tswana language, United Christian Democratic Party, United Democratic Movement, White South Africans, Xhosa language, 2004 South African general election.

2. District municipalities of the Free State (province)

African Christian Democratic Party

The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) is a South African political party founded in 1993.

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African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Azanian People's Organisation

The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is a South African liberation movement and political party.

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Bantu peoples of South Africa

South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority ethno-racial group of South Africans.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.

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Democratic Alliance (South Africa)

The Democratic Alliance is a South African political party which is a part of the current South African Government of National Unity (GNU) together with the African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), and several others.

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Districts of South Africa

The nine provinces of South Africa are divided into 52 districts (sing. district, isifunda; isithili; distrikte; selete; kgaolo; setereke; xifundza; sigodzi; tshiṱiriki; isiyingi), which are either metropolitan or district municipalities.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape (iMpuma-Kapa; Oos-Kaap) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Frances Baard District Municipality

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Free State (province)

The Free State (Freistata; Vrystaat; iFreyistata; Foreistata; iFuleyisitata), formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a province of South Africa.

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Freedom Front Plus

The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus; Vryheidsfront Plus, VF Plus) is a right-wing political party in South Africa that was formed (as the Freedom Front) in 1994.

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Gariep Dam

The Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape provinces.

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Independent Democrats

The Independent Democrats (ID) was a South African political party, formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 via floor crossing legislation.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Inkatha Freedom Party

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP; IQembu leNkatha yeNkululeko) is a conservative political party in South Africa, which is a part of the current South African government of national unity together with the African National Congress (ANC).

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Jagersfontein

Jagersfontein is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Joe Gqabi District Municipality

The Joe Gqabi District Municipality (uMasipala weSithili sase Joe Gqabi; Masepala wa Setereke wa Joe Gqabi) is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Koffiefontein

Koffiefontein is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Kopanong Local Municipality

Kopanong Municipality (Masepala wa Kopanong; Kopanong Munisipaliteit; uMasipala wase Kopanong) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Language family

A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family.

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Languages of South Africa

At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.

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Lejweleputswa District Municipality

The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (Masepala wa Setereke wa Lejweleputswa; uMasipala weSithili sase Lejweleputswa; Lejweleputswa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. Xhariep District Municipality and Lejweleputswa District Municipality are district municipalities of the Free State (province).

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Lesotho

Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Letsemeng Local Municipality

Letsemeng Municipality (Letsemeng Munisipaliteit; Masepala wa Letsemeng; uMasipala wase Letsemeng) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

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List of political parties in South Africa

This is a list of political parties in South Africa.

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Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality (mmasepalaselegae; masepala wa lehae; mmasepala wa selegae; plaaslike munisipaliteit; umasipala wendawo; umasipaladi wendawo; umasipala wengingqi; masipaladi wasekhaya; masipalawapo; masipala wa muganga) or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government.

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Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (Masepala o Moholo wa Mangaung; UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseMangawunge; Mangaung Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Mangaung; uMasipala oMbaxa wase Mangaung) is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Minority Front

The Minority Front (MF) is a political party in South Africa.

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Mohokare Local Municipality

Mohokare Municipality (Masepala wa Mohokare; uMasipala wase Mohokare) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Municipal council

A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.

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Naledi Local Municipality, Free State

Naledi Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Free State province in South Africa.

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New National Party (South Africa)

The New National Party (NNP) was a South African political party formed in 1997 as the successor to the National Party, which ruled the country from 1948 to 1994.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone; Mntla-Koloni) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Northern Sotho

Sesotho sa Lebowa is a Sotho-Tswana language group spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa, most commonly in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the Limpopo provinces.

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Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, often shortened to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), is a South African pan-Africanist national liberation movement that is now a political party.

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Pixley ka Seme District Municipality

The Pixley ka Seme District Municipality (Pixley ka Seme-distriksmunisipaliteit; uMasipala weSithili sase Pixley ka Seme) is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Sotho language

Sotho Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho or Sesotho sa Borwa is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken in Lesotho, and South Africa where it is an official language.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Standard Time

South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho.

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Trompsburg

Trompsburg is a town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Tswana language

Tswana, also known by its native name Setswana, and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in and indigenous to Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people.

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United Christian Democratic Party

The United Christian Democratic Party is a minor political party in South Africa.

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United Democratic Movement

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a centre-left, social-democratic, South African political party, formed by a prominent former National Party leader, Roelf Meyer (who has since resigned from the UDM), a former African National Congress and Transkei homeland leader, General Bantu Holomisa, and a former ANC Executive Committee member, John Taylor.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent.

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Xhosa language

Xhosa, formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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2004 South African general election

General elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004.

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See also

District municipalities of the Free State (province)

• Fezile Dabi District Municipality
• Lejweleputswa District Municipality
• Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality
• Xhariep District Municipality

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhariep_District_Municipality

Also known as Xhariep.