Metsweding District Municipality

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Metsweding District Municipality
Former District municipality
Map of Gauteng with Metsweding highlighted.svg
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 25°48′S28°45′E / 25.800°S 28.750°E / -25.800; 28.750 Coordinates: 25°48′S28°45′E / 25.800°S 28.750°E / -25.800; 28.750
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Seat Bronkhorstspruit
Local municipalities
List
Racial makeup
Languages
Time zone UTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
Municipal codeDC46
Website www.metsweding.com

Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 until 18 May 2011, a district municipality in Gauteng province, South Africa. Metsweding, and its component local municipalities, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on the date of the 2011 municipal election. [1]

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The administrative seat of Metsweding was Bronkhorstspruit. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and Afrikaans (2001 Census).

Geography

Neighbours

Metsweding was surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contained the following local municipalities, which have also been abolished:

Local municipalityPopulation%
Kungwini 107 32067.13%
Nokeng tsa Taemane 52 59132.90%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
IsiNdebele 32 14620.11%
Afrikaans 30 75719.24%
Sepedi 29 59618.51%
IsiZulu 26 52616.59%
Sesotho 9 5025.94%
Setswana 7 4284.65%
Xitsonga 7 1784.49%
English 5 3723.36%
SiSwati 4 9633.10%
IsiXhosa 3 6202.26%
Tshivenda 1 6651.04%
Other 1 1580.72%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Male83 80152.42%
Female76 06047.58%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African124 71378.01%
White32 94320.61%
Coloured1 9301.21%
Indian/Asian2750.17%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00414 5499.10%
005 - 00913 8418.66%
010 - 01413 4218.40%
015 - 01913 9988.76%
020 - 02415 9149.95%
025 - 02917 83011.15%
030 - 03415 8989.94%
035 - 03914 0708.80%
040 - 04410 9206.83%
045 - 0498 5285.33%
050 - 0546 5014.07%
055 - 0594 6262.89%
060 - 0643 6012.25%
065 - 0692 2631.42%
070 - 0741 7171.07%
075 - 0791 0360.65%
080 - 0847720.48%
085 - 0892040.13%
090 - 0941120.07%
095 - 099400.03%
100 plus200.01%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 44 19174.36%
Democratic Alliance 9 98516.80%
Freedom Front Plus 1 6112.71%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 2342.08%
Independent Democrats 4780.80%
United Democratic Movement 3380.57%
Pan African Congress 3180.54%
Inkhata Freedom Party 3110.52%
New National Party 2700.45%
CDP 1390.23%
United Christian Democratic Party 1310.22%
NA 1290.22%
Azanian People's Organisation 1160.20%
UF 430.07%
SOPA 410.07%
TOP 220.04%
PJC 200.03%
EMSA 180.03%
Minority Front 180.03%
KISS 90.02%
NLP 40.01%
Total59 426100.00%

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References

  1. ↑ Shonisani, Tshifhiwa (27 February 2011). "Bronkhorstspruit residents to march against proposed merger". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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