Gert Sibande District Municipality

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Gert Sibande
Eastvaal District
District municipality
Gert Sibande CoA.png
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Map of South Africa with Gert Sibande highlighted (2011).svg
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
Seat Ermelo
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorMuzi Chirwa (African National Congress)
Area
 • Total
31,841 km2 (12,294 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
1,043,194
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 88.6%
 •  Coloured 1.0%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.1%
 •  White 9.0%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Zulu 60.9%
 •  Swazi 13.0%
 •  Afrikaans 9.1%
 •  Sotho 4.2%
 • Other12.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC30

Gert Sibande (until 2004 known as the Eastvaal District Municipality) is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Ermelo. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC30. On 15 October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" (Afrikaans: Oosvaal) to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality. [3] The district is named after the ANC activist Gert Sibande.

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Gert Sibande is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Govan Mbeki 221 75724.64% Zulu
Albert Luthuli 187 93520.88% Swazi
Mkhondo 142 87815.88%Zulu
Msukaligwa 124 80713.87%Zulu
Lekwa 103 26411.47%Zulu
Pixley Ka Seme 80 7428.97%Zulu
Dipaleseng 38 6204.29%Zulu

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
IsiZulu 544 66960.52%
SiSwati 158 62317.62%
Afrikaans 70 2367.80%
Sesotho 45 8285.09%
IsiNdebele 23 9852.66%
IsiXhosa 21 0552.34%
English 14 5141.61%
Sepedi 7 7420.86%
Xitsonga 6 3450.70%
Setswana 3 5310.39%
Other 2 3390.26%
Tshivenda 1 1330.13%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female466 59251.84%
Male433 41548.16%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black816 27890.70%
White72 1098.01%
Coloured6 0220.67%
Indian/Asian5 5980.62%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 004101 47011.27%
005 - 009105 25011.69%
010 - 014110 91512.32%
015 - 019106 27711.81%
020 - 02479 8068.87%
025 - 02972 6268.07%
030 - 03463 5207.06%
035 - 03960 5966.73%
040 - 04451 3785.71%
045 - 04940 3744.49%
050 - 05430 4073.38%
055 - 05921 3452.37%
060 - 06419 0742.12%
065 - 06912 9431.44%
070 - 07410 3921.15%
075 - 0795 7260.64%
080 - 0845 1640.57%
085 - 0891 5550.17%
090 - 0947070.08%
095 - 0992960.03%
100 plus1860.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Gert Sibande in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 264 11882.64%
Democratic Alliance 26 2628.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party 7 9772.50%
Freedom Front Plus 5 3981.69%
African Christian Democratic Party 3 9211.23%
United Democratic Movement 3 6391.14%
Pan African Congress 2 6610.83%
New National Party 1 5600.49%
Independent Democrats 9710.30%
Azanian People's Organisation 5720.18%
United Christian Democratic Party 4350.14%
SOPA 4070.13%
NA 2760.09%
EMSA 2560.08%
Christian Democratic Party 2340.07%
Peace and Justice Congress 2230.07%
UF 2030.06%
TOP 1670.05%
Minority Front 1330.04%
New Labour Party 910.03%
Keep It Straight and Simple Party 890.03%
Total319 593100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.gsibande.gov.za/History.aspx

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