The Joe Gqabi District Municipality is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Barkly East. As of 2011, the majority of its 349,768 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. Before 1 February 2010, it was known as the Ukhahlamba District Municipality; its name was changed in recognition of Joe Gqabi (1929–1981), an African National Congress member who was a journalist for the New Age, a member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe, and one of the Pretoria Twelve.

Geography

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Neighbours

Joe Gqabi is surrounded by the following districts:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census:

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for Joe Gqabi (prev. Ukhahlamba) in the South African general election, 2004.