Gert Sibande District Municipality
Encyclopedia
Gert Sibande is one of the 3 districts
of Mpumalanga
province of South Africa
. The seat of Gert Sibande is Secunda. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census
). The district code is DC30. On the 15th October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" (Afrikaans: Oosvaal) to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality. The district is named after the ANC
activist Gert Sibande
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Districts of South Africa
South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...
of Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The seat of Gert Sibande is Secunda. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC30. On the 15th October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" (Afrikaans: Oosvaal) to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality. The district is named after the ANC
ANC
ANC commonly refers to the African National Congress, a revolutionary movement which became the ruling political party in South Africa in the 1994 election.ANC may also refer to:-Organizations:...
activist Gert Sibande
Gert Sibande
Richard "Gert" Sibande was a South African political activist. He was one of the ANC co-accused to stand trial in the treason trials of 1956-61 alongside Nelson Mandela and 154 others....
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Neighbours
Gert Sibande is surrounded by:- NkangalaNkangala District MunicipalityNkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1 020 592 people is IsiNdebele...
to the north (DC31) - EhlanzeniEhlanzeni District MunicipalityEhlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Ehlanzeni is Nelspruit. The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati...
to the north-east (DC32) - The kingdom of SwazilandSwazilandSwaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
to the east - ZululandZululand District MunicipalityZululand is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 804,456 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC26...
to the south-east (DC26) - AmajubaAmajuba District MunicipalityAmajuba is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Amajuba is Newcastle. The majority of its 468 040 people speak Zulu . The district code is DC25-Tourism:...
to the south (DC25) - Thabo MofutsanyaneThabo Mofutsanyane District MunicipalityThabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is Witsieshoek. The majority of its 725 932 people speak Sesotho...
to the south-west (DC19) - Fezile DabiFezile Dabi District MunicipalityFezile Dabi District Municipality, formerly known as Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Northern Free State is Sasolburg. The majority of its 460 289 people speak Sesotho...
to the south-west(DC20) - SedibengSedibeng District MunicipalitySedibeng is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa. The administrative seat of Sedibeng is Vereeniging. The most widely spoken language among its 794,605 inhabitants is Sesotho .-Geographic location:...
to the west (DC42)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalitiesLocal municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...
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| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Govan Mbeki Govan Mbeki Local Municipality Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Secunda is the Seat of the municipality, as well as the Seat of the District Municipality.- Towns :*Bethal,... |
221 754 | 24.64% |
| Albert Luthuli Albert Luthuli Local Municipality Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, Grass and Wetlands region, of Mpumalanga. Carolina is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns... |
187 935 | 20.88% |
| Mkhondo Mkhondo Local Municipality Mkhondo Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Piet Retief is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :*Altonia,*Amsterdam,*Belgrade,*Diamant,*Dirkiesdorp,*Driefontein,... |
142 878 | 15.88% |
| Msukaligwa Msukaligwa Local Municipality Msukaligwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Ermelo is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :*Breyten*Chrissiesmeer*Davel*Ermelo*Fernie*Kwachibikhulu*Kwadela... |
124 807 | 13.87% |
| Lekwa Lekwa Local Municipality Lekwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Standerton is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :*Azalea,*Meyerville,*Morgenzon,*Sakhile,*Sakhile Informal,*Sivukile,... |
103 264 | 11.47% |
| Pixley Ka Seme Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.... |
80 742 | 8.97% |
| Dipaleseng Dipaleseng Local Municipality Dipaleseng Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Balfour is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :*Balfour,*Greylingstad,*Nthorwane,*Siyathemba,*Heidelberg Farms,... |
38 620 | 4.29% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
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| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| IsiZulu | 544 669 | 60.52% |
| SiSwati | 158 623 | 17.62% |
| Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape... |
70 236 | 7.80% |
| Sesotho | 45 828 | 5.09% |
| IsiNdebele | 23 985 | 2.66% |
| IsiXhosa | 21 055 | 2.34% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
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% |
Election results
Election results for Gert Sibande in the South African general election, 2004South African general election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....
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- 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 African National CongressThe African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
264 118 82.64% Democratic Alliance 26 262 8.22% Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom PartyThe Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...
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%