Capricorn District Municipality
Capricorn District Municipality
Capricorn district municipality has managed to draw up a draft gender equity strategy, as well as a gender action plan. These instruments ensure that issues of gender are addressed in a way that holds the council/ municipality accountable for implementation.
Introduction
Capricorn is a Category B municipality established in 2000 from the then Northern District Council. It situated at the heart of the Limpopo Province, located on the Northern side of South Africa. It is a district municipality predominately rural in nature.
The District Municipality is made up of five local municipalities namely, Blouberg, Lepelle-Nkumpi, Molemole and Polokwane. These municipalities are quite different in terms of their levels of socio-economic development.
Fact file
Province:
Limpopo
Population:
1,4 million
Joined COE programme:
2010
Hub & Spoke programme:
No
# Councillors:
63(28 Female and 35 Male)
Sunrise Campaign:
Yes
Latest Gender Score:
77%
Stories of change
Naledi Masipa - Capricorn District Municipality COE
With the help of Gender Links, Capricorn district council came up with a 365 day plan of action against all forms of gender based violence. The council has since started to implement the plan in all five of our municipalities. Each year, workshops to sensitize the committees on gender issues are held. Since 2010, I started involving boys in the Take a Girl to Work campaign, and as each year passes, the campaign is growing and receiving support from most organisations in the district.Go to: Find out more- Go to: Find out more
South Africa: Adolphinah Maponya
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South Africa: Diphuthantsheng drop centre
