Waterberg District Municipality

Waterberg
Waterberg
District Municipality
	Seal
	Location in Limpopo
	Coordinates: 24°42′S28°24′E / 24.700°S 28.400°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
Seat	Modimolle
Local municipalities	List Thabazimbi ; Lephalale ; Modimolle–Mookgophong ; Bela-Bela ; Mogalakwena ;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Rosina Mokgotlane
Area
• Total	44,913 km2 (17,341 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	679,336
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
• Black African	91.3%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	8.1%
First languages (2011)
• Northern Sotho	56.4%
• Tswana	11.5%
• Tsonga	8.3%
• Afrikaans	7.7%
• Other	16.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC36

Last updated July 29, 2024

The Waterberg District Municipality (Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Selete wa Waterberg; Tswana : Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Waterberg) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Modimolle. As of 2016, the majority of its 745,758 residents spoke Sepedi, also known as Northern Sotho. The district code is DC36.

Geography

The municipality contains much of the Waterberg Biosphere, a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve. The Waterberg Biosphere is a massif of approximately 654,033 hectare. Waterberg is the first region in the northern part of South Africa to be named as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The extensive rock formation was shaped by hundreds of millions of years of riverine erosion to yield diverse bluff and butte landform.^[4] The ecosystem can be characterised as a dry deciduous forest or Bushveld. Within the Waterberg there are archaeological finds dating to the Stone Age, and nearby are early evolutionary finds related to the origin of humans.

The following sets forth neighboring municipalities and principal municipalities within the Waterberg District Municipality:

Neighbours

Waterberg is surrounded (clockwise) by:

Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east
Capricorn (DC35) to the east
Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south-east
Nkangala (DC31) to the south-east
Metsweding (CBDC2) to the south
Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the south
Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the south-west
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to the south
the Kgatleng District of the republic of Botswana to the west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Mogalakwena	325 291	43.62%	Sepedi (Northern Sotho)
Lephalale	140 240	18.81%	Sepedi (Northern Sotho)
Modimolle–Mookgophong	107 699	14.44%	Sepedi (Northern Sotho)
Thabazimbi	96 232	12.90	Setswana
Bela-Bela	76 296	10.23	Sepedi (Northern Sotho)

Source: Statistics South Africa, Community Survey 2016

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2016 Community Survey

Language	Population	%
Sepedi (Northern Sotho)	450 575	60.42
Setswana	91 750	12.30
Xitsonga	47 738	6.40
Afrikaans	57 832	7.75
Isindebele	15 672	2.10
Sesotho	14 791	1.98
Isixhosa	11 763	1.58
English	7 690	1.03
Tshivenda	7 021	0.94
Isizulu	4 284	0.57
Siswati	1372	0.18

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	364 265	48.84%
Male	381 493	51.16%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	680 815	91.29
White	59 998	8.05
Coloured	2 272	0.30
Indian/Asian	2 673	0.36

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	98 391	13.19 %
005 - 009	84 122	11.28 %
010 - 014	74 195	9.95 %
015 - 019	64 258	8.62 %
020 - 024	66 169	8.87 %
025 - 029	70 743	9.49 %
030 - 034	57 856	7.76 %
035 - 039	45 331	6.08 %
040 - 044	38 129	5.11 %
045 - 049	34 767	4.66 %
050 - 054	29 852	4.00 %
055 - 059	24 442	3.28 %
060 - 064	19 397	2.6 %
065 - 069	13 120	1.76 %
070 - 074	10 651	1.43 %
075 - 079	7 386	0.99 %
080 - 084	3 783	0.51 %
085 +	3 167	0.42 %

Politics

Election results

Election results for Waterberg in the South African Municipal election, 2016

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	95 383	57.87 %
Democratic Alliance	26 791	16.26 %
Freedom Front Plus	4 403	2.67 %
United Christian Democratic Party	357	0.22 %
Pan African Congress	370	0.22 %
Congress of The People	1467	0.89 %
Economic Freedom Fighters	32 578	19.77 %
Mogalakwena Residents	1 253	0.76 %
South African Christian	308	0.19 %
Thabazimbi Residents	1900	1.15 %
Total	0	100.00%

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References

↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ C.Michael Hogan, Mark L. Cooke and Helen Murray, The Waterberg Biosphere, Lumina Technologies, May 22, 2006.

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[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[muni_langs-3] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[Hogan-4] C.Michael Hogan, Mark L. Cooke and Helen Murray, The Waterberg Biosphere, Lumina Technologies, May 22, 2006.

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