ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (ZF Mgcawu-distriksmunisipaliteit; Mmasepala wa Sedika wa ZF Mgcawu), known before 1 July 2013 as the Siyanda District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Upington. As of 2011, the majority (76%) of its 236,783 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC8.

The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality is named after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu (1958–2001). The previous name Siyanda means "we are growing".

Neighbours
ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:
 * the Republic of Botswana in the north
 * John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45), formerly Kgalagadi, in the north-east
 * Frances Baard (DC9) in the east
 * Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south-east
 * Namakwa (DC6) in the south-west
 * the Republic of Namibia in the west

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Election results
Election results for Siyanda in the South African general election, 2004.
 * Population 18 and over: 131 760 [62.78% of total population]
 * Total votes: 75 264 [35.86% of total population]
 * Voting % estimate: 57.12% votes as a % of population 18 and over