The Sekhukhune District Municipality () 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.
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.
Geography
Neighbours Sekhukhune is surrounded by: Capricorn (DC35) to the north Mopani (DC33) to the east Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the south-east Nkangala (DC31) to the south Waterberg (DC36) to the north-west
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageFetakgomo/Tubatse 429,471 39.88%SepediMakhuduthamaga 262 906 27.18%SepediElias Motsoaledi 220 738 22.82% SepediEphraim Mogale 121 331 12.55%Sepedi
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%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%Other1 568 0.16%
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 536 715 55.50%Male 430 411 44.50%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 958 578 99.12%White 7 358 0.76%Coloured 715 0.07%Indian/Asian 475 0.05%
Age AgePopulation%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%
Politics
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 PartyVotes%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%
See also Municipal Demarcation Board
References
External links Sekhukhune District Municipality