Sekhukhune_District_Municipality
Sekhukhune District Municipality
District municipality in Limpopo, South Africa
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.
Sekhukhune | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
Seat | Groblersdal |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Cllr Maleke Mokganyetji |
Area | |
• Total | 13,528 km2 (5,223 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,076,840 |
• Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2016) | |
• Black African | 98.6% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 1.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Pedi | 82.2% |
• Southern Ndebele | 4.4% |
• Zulu | 3.3% |
• Tsonga | 2.0% |
• Other | 8.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC47 |
Website | sekhukhunedistrict |
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.
Neighbours
Sekhukhune is surrounded by:
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
---|---|---|---|
Fetakgomo/Tubatse | 429,471 | 39.88% | Pedi |
Makhuduthamaga | 262 906 | 27.18% | Pedi |
Elias Motsoaledi | 220 738 | 22.82% | Pedi |
Ephraim Mogale | 121 331 | 12.55% | Pedi |
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Sepedi | 806 209 | 83.36% |
Ndebele | 42 450 | 4.39% |
Zulu | 26 758 | 2.77% |
Swati | 22 028 | 2.28% |
Tswana | 22 003 | 2.28% |
Tsonga | 19 373 | 2.00% |
Sotho | 12 815 | 1.33% |
Afrikaans | 7 956 | 0.82% |
Xhosa | 2 191 | 0.23% |
English | 2 165 | 0.22% |
Venda | 1 665 | 0.17% |
Other | 1 568 | 0.16% |
Gender
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 536 715 | 55.50% |
Male | 430 411 | 44.50% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Black African | 958 578 | 99.12% |
White | 7 358 | 0.76% |
Coloured | 715 | 0.07% |
Indian/Asian | 475 | 0.05% |
Age
Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000 - 004 | 116 031 | 12.00% |
005 - 009 | 137 472 | 14.21% |
010 - 014 | 144 079 | 14.90% |
015 - 019 | 134 067 | 13.86% |
020 - 024 | 84 482 | 8.74% |
025 - 029 | 58 621 | 6.06% |
030 - 034 | 46 464 | 4.80% |
035 - 039 | 44 473 | 4.60% |
040 - 044 | 36 946 | 3.82% |
045 - 049 | 33 255 | 3.44% |
050 - 054 | 28 931 | 2.99% |
055 - 059 | 21 971 | 2.27% |
060 - 064 | 21 959 | 2.27% |
065 - 069 | 17 382 | 1.80% |
070 - 074 | 17 411 | 1.80% |
075 - 079 | 9 079 | 0.94% |
080 - 084 | 8 508 | 0.88% |
085 - 089 | 3 181 | 0.33% |
090 - 094 | 1 728 | 0.18% |
095 - 099 | 712 | 0.07% |
100 plus | 374 | 0.04% |
Election results
Election results for Sekhukhune in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 484 867 [50.13% of total population]
- Total votes: 318 986 [32.98% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 65.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 294 824 | 92.43% |
Democratic Alliance | 6 701 | 2.10% |
United Democratic Movement | 4 855 | 1.52% |
Pan African Congress | 3 650 | 1.14% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 2 279 | 0.71% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 2 022 | 0.63% |
Freedom Front Plus | 949 | 0.30% |
New National Party | 833 | 0.26% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 521 | 0.16% |
Independent Democrats | 320 | 0.10% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 295 | 0.09% |
EMSA | 261 | 0.08% |
NA | 252 | 0.08% |
SOPA | 250 | 0.08% |
PJC | 223 | 0.07% |
CDP | 174 | 0.05% |
UF | 166 | 0.05% |
TOP | 152 | 0.05% |
KISS | 103 | 0.03% |
NLP | 85 | 0.03% |
Minority Front | 71 | 0.02% |
Total | 318 986 | 100.00% |
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%
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.