Sekhukhune District Municipality

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A map of South Africa showing Sekhukhune (within Limpopo province)

Sekhukhune is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Sekhukhune is Groblersdal. The majority of its 967 126 people speak Sepedi (2001 Census). The district code is CBDC3.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Sekhukhune is surrounded by:

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:


Local municipality Population %
Greater Tubatse 270 122 27.93%
Makhuduthamaga 262 906 27.18%
Greater Groblersdal 220 738 22.82%
Greater Marble Hall 121 331 12.55%
Fetakgomo 92 084 9.52%
Schuinsdraai Nature Reserve 0 0.00%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.


Language Population %
Sepedi 806 209 83.36%
IsiNdebele 42 450 4.39%
IsiZulu 26 758 2.77%
SiSwati 22 028 2.28%
Setswana 22 003 2.28%
Xitsonga 19 373 2.00%
Sesotho 12 815 1.33%
Afrikaans 7 956 0.82%
IsiXhosa 2 191 0.23%
English 2 165 0.22%
Tshivenda 1 665 0.17%
Other 1 568 0.16%

[edit] Gender

Gender Population %
Female 536 715 55.50%
Male 430 411 44.50%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 958 578 99.12%
White 7 358 0.76%
Coloured 715 0.07%
Indian/Asian 475 0.05%

[edit] Age

Age Population %
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%

[edit] Politics

[edit] 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
Party Votes %
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%


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