Metsweding District Municipality
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Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 till 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.
The administrative seat of Metsweding was Bronkhorstspruit. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and Afrikaans
(2001 Census
).
, which have also been abolished:
.
.
District municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government...
in Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
province, South Africa. Metsweding, and its component local municipalities
Local 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...
, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on the date of the 2011 municipal election.
The administrative seat of Metsweding was Bronkhorstspruit. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and 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...
(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...
).
Neighbours
Metsweding was surrounded by:- WaterbergWaterberg District MunicipalityWaterberg is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Waterberg is Modimolle . The majority of its 614 139 people speak Northern Sotho . The district code is DC36.-Geography:...
(DC36) to the north - 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...
(DC31) to the east - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) to the south-west
- Bojanala PlatinumBojanala Platinum District MunicipalityBojanala Platinum is one of the 4 districts of North West province of South Africa. The seat of Bojanala Platinum is Rustenburg. The majority of its 1 185 325 people speak Setswana...
(DC36) to the north-west - Tshwane (Pretoria) to the west, into which it was merged
Local municipalities
The district contained 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...
, which have also been abolished:
| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Kungwini Kungwini Local Municipality Kungwini Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa. The town of Bronkhorstspruit was the seat of the municipality.... |
107 320 | 67.13% |
| Nokeng tsa Taemane Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa.Due to years of financial mismanagement by the ANC-led council, the municipality was found to be no longer viable... |
52 591 | 32.90% |
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...
.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| IsiNdebele | 32 146 | 20.11% |
| 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... |
30 757 | 19.24% |
| Sepedi | 29 596 | 18.51% |
| IsiZulu | 26 526 | 16.59% |
| Sesotho | 9 502 | 5.94% |
| Setswana | 7 428 | 4.65% |
| Xitsonga | 7 178 | 4.49% |
| 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... |
5 372 | 3.36% |
| SiSwati | 4 963 | 3.10% |
| IsiXhosa | 3 620 | 2.26% |
| Tshivenda | 1 665 | 1.04% |
| Other | 1 158 | 0.72% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 83 801 | 52.42% |
| Female | 76 060 | 47.58% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 124 713 | 78.01% |
| White | 32 943 | 20.61% |
| Coloured | 1 930 | 1.21% |
| Indian/Asian | 275 | 0.17% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 14 549 | 9.10% |
| 005 - 009 | 13 841 | 8.66% |
| 010 - 014 | 13 421 | 8.40% |
| 015 - 019 | 13 998 | 8.76% |
| 020 - 024 | 15 914 | 9.95% |
| 025 - 029 | 17 830 | 11.15% |
| 030 - 034 | 15 898 | 9.94% |
| 035 - 039 | 14 070 | 8.80% |
| 040 - 044 | 10 920 | 6.83% |
| 045 - 049 | 8 528 | 5.33% |
| 050 - 054 | 6 501 | 4.07% |
| 055 - 059 | 4 626 | 2.89% |
| 060 - 064 | 3 601 | 2.25% |
| 065 - 069 | 2 263 | 1.42% |
| 070 - 074 | 1 717 | 1.07% |
| 075 - 079 | 1 036 | 0.65% |
| 080 - 084 | 772 | 0.48% |
| 085 - 089 | 204 | 0.13% |
| 090 - 094 | 112 | 0.07% |
| 095 - 099 | 40 | 0.03% |
| 100 plus | 20 | 0.01% |
Election results
Election results for Metsweding 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....
.
- Population 18 and over: 109 820 [68.70% of total population]
- Total votes: 59 426 [37.17% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 54.11% 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...
44 191 74.36% Democratic Alliance 9 985 16.80% Freedom Front Plus 1 611 2.71% African Christian Democratic Party 1 234 2.08% Independent Democrats 478 0.80% United Democratic Movement 338 0.57% Pan African Congress 318 0.54% 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:...
311 0.52% New National Party 270 0.45% CDP 139 0.23% United Christian Democratic Party 131 0.22% NA 129 0.22% Azanian People's Organisation 116 0.20% UF 43 0.07% SOPA 41 0.07% TOP 22 0.04% PJC 20 0.03% EMSA 18 0.03% Minority Front 18 0.03% KISS 9 0.02% NLP 4 0.01% Total 59 426 100.00%