Sekhukhune District Municipality

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Sekhukhune
District municipality
Sekhukhune CoA.svg
Coat of arms
Map of South Africa with Sekhukhune highlighted (2011).svg
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
Seat Groblersdal
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorCllr Maleke Mokganyetji
Area
 • Total13,528 km2 (5,223 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total1,076,840
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
[2]
 •  Black African 98.6%
 •  Coloured 0.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 1.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Pedi 82.2%
 •  Southern Ndebele 4.4%
 •  Zulu 3.3%
 •  Tsonga 2.0%
 • Other8.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC47
Website sekhukhunedistrict.gov.za

The Sekhukhune District Municipality (Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Selete wa Sekhukhune) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Groblersdal. As of 2011, the majority of its 1,076,840 inhabitants spoke Sepedi. The district code is DC47.

Contents

This district is named after the natural region of Sekhukhuneland. Sekhukhuneland is named after the Pedi King Sekhukhune, who succeeded Sekwati in 1860 or 1861.

Geography

Neighbours

Sekhukhune is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Fetakgomo/Tubatse 429,47139.88% Pedi
Makhuduthamaga 262 90627.18%Pedi
Elias Motsoaledi 220 73822.82%Pedi
Ephraim Mogale 121 33112.55%Pedi

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Sepedi 806 20983.36%
Ndebele 42 4504.39%
Zulu 26 7582.77%
Swati 22 0282.28%
Tswana 22 0032.28%
Tsonga 19 3732.00%
Sotho 12 8151.33%
Afrikaans 7 9560.82%
Xhosa 2 1910.23%
English 2 1650.22%
Venda 1 6650.17%
Other 1 5680.16%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female536 71555.50%
Male430 41144.50%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African958 57899.12%
White7 3580.76%
Coloured7150.07%
Indian/Asian4750.05%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 004116 03112.00%
005 - 009137 47214.21%
010 - 014144 07914.90%
015 - 019134 06713.86%
020 - 02484 4828.74%
025 - 02958 6216.06%
030 - 03446 4644.80%
035 - 03944 4734.60%
040 - 04436 9463.82%
045 - 04933 2553.44%
050 - 05428 9312.99%
055 - 05921 9712.27%
060 - 06421 9592.27%
065 - 06917 3821.80%
070 - 07417 4111.80%
075 - 0799 0790.94%
080 - 0848 5080.88%
085 - 0893 1810.33%
090 - 0941 7280.18%
095 - 0997120.07%
100 plus3740.04%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 294 82492.43%
Democratic Alliance 6 7012.10%
United Democratic Movement 4 8551.52%
Pan African Congress 3 6501.14%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 2790.71%
Azanian People's Organisation 2 0220.63%
Freedom Front Plus 9490.30%
New National Party 8330.26%
Inkhata Freedom Party 5210.16%
Independent Democrats 3200.10%
United Christian Democratic Party 2950.09%
EMSA 2610.08%
NA 2520.08%
SOPA 2500.08%
PJC 2230.07%
CDP 1740.05%
UF 1660.05%
TOP 1520.05%
KISS 1030.03%
NLP 850.03%
Minority Front 710.02%
Total318 986100.00%

2016 Local Election results for Sekhukhune District Municipality

African National Congress: 169 604 ||68.63%

Economic Freedom Fighters:48 228 ||19.51%

Democratic Alliance:13 368 ||5.41%

Pan African Congress :1 322 ||0.53%

Azanian People's Organisation:2 103 ||0.65%

Freedom Front Plus :1 097 ||0.44%

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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.

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