Gert Sibande District Municipality
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Gert Sibande 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.
Contents
Geography
Neighbours
Gert Sibande is surrounded by:- Nkangala to the north (DC31)
- Ehlanzeni to the north-east (DC32)
- The kingdom of Swaziland to the east
- Zululand to the south-east (DC26)
- Amajuba to the south (DC25)
- Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-west (DC19)
- Northern Free State to the south-west(DC20)
- Sedibeng to the west (DC42)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population | %
|
|---|---|---|
| Highveld East | 221 754 | 24.64% |
| Albert Luthuli | 187 935 | 20.88% |
| Mkhondo | 142 878 | 15.88% |
| Msukaligwa | 124 807 | 13.87% |
| Lekwa | 103 264 | 11.47% |
| Seme | 80 742 | 8.97% |
| Dipaleseng | 38 620 | 4.29% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | %
|
|---|---|---|
| IsiZulu | 544 669 | 60.52% |
| SiSwati | 158 623 | 17.62% |
| Afrikaans | 70 236 | 7.80% |
| Sesotho | 45 828 | 5.09% |
| IsiNdebele | 23 985 | 2.66% |
| IsiXhosa | 21 055 | 2.34% |
| English | 14 514 | 1.61% |
| Sepedi | 7 742 | 0.86% |
| Xitsonga | 6 345 | 0.70% |
| Setswana | 3 531 | 0.39% |
| Other | 2 339 | 0.26% |
| Tshivenda | 1 133 | 0.13% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | %
|
|---|---|---|
| Female | 466 592 | 51.84% |
| Male | 433 415 | 48.16% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | %
|
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 816 278 | 90.70% |
| White | 72 109 | 8.01% |
| Coloured | 6 022 | 0.67% |
| Indian/Asian | 5 598 | 0.62% |
Age
| Age | Population | %
|
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 101 470 | 11.27% |
| 005 - 009 | 105 250 | 11.69% |
| 010 - 014 | 110 915 | 12.32% |
| 015 - 019 | 106 277 | 11.81% |
| 020 - 024 | 79 806 | 8.87% |
| 025 - 029 | 72 626 | 8.07% |
| 030 - 034 | 63 520 | 7.06% |
| 035 - 039 | 60 596 | 6.73% |
| 040 - 044 | 51 378 | 5.71% |
| 045 - 049 | 40 374 | 4.49% |
| 050 - 054 | 30 407 | 3.38% |
| 055 - 059 | 21 345 | 2.37% |
| 060 - 064 | 19 074 | 2.12% |
| 065 - 069 | 12 943 | 1.44% |
| 070 - 074 | 10 392 | 1.15% |
| 075 - 079 | 5 726 | 0.64% |
| 080 - 084 | 5 164 | 0.57% |
| 085 - 089 | 1 555 | 0.17% |
| 090 - 094 | 707 | 0.08% |
| 095 - 099 | 296 | 0.03% |
| 100 plus | 186 | 0.02% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Gert Sibande in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 517 104 [57.46% of total population]
- Total votes: 319 593 [35.51% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 61.80% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | %
|
|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 264 118 | 82.64% |
| Democratic Alliance | 26 262 | 8.22% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 7 977 | 2.50% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 5 398 | 1.69% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3 921 | 1.23% |
| United Democratic Movement | 3 639 | 1.14% |
| Pan African Congress | 2 661 | 0.83% |
| New National Party | 1 560 | 0.49% |
| Independent Democrats | 971 | 0.30% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 572 | 0.18% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 435 | 0.14% |
| SOPA | 407 | 0.13% |
| NA | 276 | 0.09% |
| EMSA | 256 | 0.08% |
| CDP | 234 | 0.07% |
| PJC | 223 | 0.07% |
| UF | 203 | 0.06% |
| TOP | 167 | 0.05% |
| Minority Front | 133 | 0.04% |
| NLP | 91 | 0.03% |
| KISS | 89 | 0.03% |
| Total | 319 593 | 100.00% |
References
- [Municipal Demarcation Board]
- [Stats SA Census 2001 page]
- [Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results]
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