The Waterberg District Municipality (; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Modimolle. As of 2016, the majority of its 745,758 residents spoke Sepedi, also known as Northern Sotho. The district code is DC36. The area is administered by tribal tribal communities. It consists of 12 traditional leaders in the district: Babirwa, Lebelo Kgomo, Seleka, Lekalakala, Mokopane (Kekana), Mapela, Litho, Ledwaba (Nkidikitlana), Shongoane, Bakone (Matlala), Tauetsoala & Langa. Bakenburg.

Geography The municipality contains much of the Waterberg Biosphere, a UNESCO desLanga, Mapela, Bakoneignated Biosphere Reserve. The Waterberg Biosphere is a massif of approximately . Waterberg is the first region in the northern part of South Africa to be named as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The extensive rock formation was shaped by hundreds of millions of years of riverine erosion to yield diverse bluff and butte landform.C.Michael Hogan, Mark L. Cooke and Helen Murray, The Waterberg Biosphere, Lumina Technologies, May 22, 2006. The ecosystem can be characterised as a dry deciduous forest or Bushveld. Within the Waterberg there are archaeological finds dating to the Stone Age, and nearby are early evolutionary finds related to the origin of humans.

The following sets forth neighboring municipalities and principal municipalities within the Waterberg District Municipality:

Neighbours Waterberg is surrounded (clockwise) by: Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east Capricorn (DC35) to the east Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south-east Nkangala (DC31) to the south-east Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the south Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the south-west City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to the south the Kgatleng District of the republic of Botswana to the west

Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageMogalakwena 325 29143.62%Sepedi (Northern Sotho)Lephalale 140 24018.81%Sepedi (Northern Sotho)Modimolle–Mookgophong 107 69914.44%Sepedi (Northern Sotho)Thabazimbi 96 232 12.90SetswanaBela-Bela 76 296 10.23Sepedi (Northern Sotho) Source: Statistics South Africa, Community Survey 2015

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2016 Community Survey

LanguagePopulation%Sepedi (Northern Sotho) 450 575 60.42Setswana 91 750 12.30Xitsonga 47 738 6.40Afrikaans 57 832 7.75Isindebele 15 672 2.10Sesotho 14 7911.98Isixhosa 11 7631.58English 7 6901.03Tshivenda 7 0210.94Isizulu 4 2840.57Siswati 13720.18

Gender GenderPopulation%Female 364 265 48.84%Male 381 493 51.16%

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 680 815 91.29White 59 998 8.05Coloured 2 272 0.30Indian/Asian 2 673 0.36

Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 98 391 13.19 %005 - 009 84 12211.28 %010 - 014 74 1959.95 %015 - 019 64 2588.62 %020 - 024 66 1698.87 %025 - 029 70 7439.49 %030 - 034 57 8567.76 %035 - 039 45 3316.08 %040 - 044 38 1295.11 %045 - 049 34 7674.66 %050 - 054 29 8524.00 %055 - 059 24 4423.28 %060 - 064 19 3972.6 %065 - 069 13 1201.76 %070 - 074 10 6511.43 %075 - 079 7 3860.99 %080 - 084 3 7830.51 %085 + 3 1670.42 %

Politics

Election results Election results for Waterberg in the South African Municipal election, 2016 PartyVotes%African National Congress 95 38357.87 %Democratic Alliance 26 79116.26 %Freedom Front Plus 4 4032.67 %United Christian Democratic Party 3570.22 %Pan African Congress 3700.22 %Congress of The People14670.89 %Economic Freedom Fighters32 57819.77 %Mogalakwena Residents1 2530.76 %South African Christian3080.19 %Thabazimbi Residents19001.15 %Total 0100.00%

See also Municipal Demarcation Board

References

External links Waterberg District Municipality