Nkangala 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 1,308,129 people is IsiNdebele with 28.4%, closely followed by Zulu speakers (2011 Census). The district code is DC31.
Geography Neighbours Nkangala is surrounded by: Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the north Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the north-east Gert Sibande (DC30) to the south Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-west Ekurhuleni (EastRand) to the south-west City of Tshwane to the west Waterberg (DC36) to the north-west
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Capital townDominant languageeMalahleni 276 414 27.08% eMalahleniZuluThembisile Hani 258 878 25.37% KwaggafonteinSouthern NdebeleDr JS Moroka 243 308 23.84% SiyabuswaSouthern NdebeleSteve Tshwete 142 777 13.99% MiddelburgZulu Victor Khanye 56 205 5.51% DelmasZuluEmakhazeni 43 008 4.21% BelfastSwazi
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%IsiNdebele 319 920 31.35%IsiZulu 232 228 22.75%Sepedi 161 338 15.81%Afrikaans 75 294 7.38%SiSwati 56 496 5.54%Setswana 56 144 5.50%Sesotho 42 474 4.16%Xitsonga 31 624 3.10%IsiXhosa 21 199 2.08%English 17 705 1.73%Other3 514 0.34%Tshivenda 2 654 0.26%
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 529 354 51.87%Male 491 238 48.13%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 930 873 91.21%White 78 292 7.67%Coloured 8 741 0.86%Indian/Asian 2 686 0.26%
Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 108 087 10.59%005 - 009 114 037 11.17%010 - 014 118 590 11.62%015 - 019 118 041 11.57%020 - 024 98 429 9.64%025 - 029 88 106 8.63%030 - 034 74 084 7.26%035 - 039 69 442 6.80%040 - 044 58 251 5.71%045 - 049 47 903 4.69%050 - 054 35 359 3.46%055 - 059 25 013 2.45%060 - 064 20 550 2.01%065 - 069 14 314 1.40%070 - 074 12 782 1.25%075 - 079 7 302 0.72%080 - 084 6 344 0.62%085 - 089 2 273 0.22%090 - 094 1 080 0.11%095 - 099 420 0.04%100 plus 185 0.02%
Politics Election results Election results for Nkangala in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 608 871 [59.66% of total population] Total votes: 389 097 [38.12% of total population] Voting % estimate: 63.90% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 333 520 85.72% Democratic Alliance 30 234 7.77% United Democratic Movement 4 188 1.08% Freedom Front Plus 3 997 1.03% Pan African Congress 3 704 0.95% African Christian Democratic Party 3 654 0.94% Inkhata Freedom Party 2 431 0.62% New National Party 1 833 0.47% Independent Democrats 1 710 0.44% United Christian Democratic Party 969 0.25% Azanian People's Organisation 819 0.21% SOPA 381 0.10% NA 272 0.07% EMSA 270 0.07% UF 242 0.06% CDP 226 0.06% PJC 222 0.06% TOP 131 0.03% Minority Front 112 0.03% NLP 92 0.02% KISS 90 0.02% Total 389 097 100.00%
References
External links Nkangala DM official website