Gert Sibande District Municipality

This article is about a South African district municipality. For the anti-apartheid politician, see Gert Sibande.

Gert Sibande (until 2004 known as the Eastvaal District Municipality) is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Ermelo. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC30. On 15 October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" (Afrikaans: Oosvaal) to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality.^[3] The district is named after the ANC activist Gert Sibande.

Gert Sibande Eastvaal District
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
Seat	Ermelo
Local municipalities	List Albert Luthuli Msukaligwa Mkhondo Pixley Ka Seme Lekwa Dipaleseng Govan Mbeki
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Muzi Chirwa (African National Congress)
Area
• Total	31,841 km2 (12,294 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,043,194
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	88.6%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	9.0%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Zulu	60.9%
• Swazi	13.0%
• Afrikaans	9.1%
• Sotho	4.2%
• Other	12.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC30

Geography

Neighbours

Gert Sibande is surrounded by:

• Nkangala to the north (DC31)
• Ehlanzeni to the north-east (DC32)
• The kingdom of Eswatini to the east
• Zululand to the south-east (DC26)
• Amajuba to the south (DC25)
• Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-west (DC19)
• Fezile Dabi to the south-west(DC20)
• Sedibeng to the west (DC42)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Govan Mbeki	221 757	24.64%	Zulu
Albert Luthuli	187 935	20.88%	Swazi
Mkhondo	142 878	15.88%	Zulu
Msukaligwa	124 807	13.87%	Zulu
Lekwa	103 264	11.47%	Zulu
Pixley Ka Seme	80 742	8.97%	Zulu
Dipaleseng	38 620	4.29%	Zulu

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
IsiZulu	544 669	60.52%
SiSwati	158 623	17.62%
Afrikaans	70 236	7.80%
Sesotho	45 828	5.09%
IsiNdebele	23 985	2.66%
IsiXhosa	21 055	2.34%
English	14 514	1.61%
Sepedi	7 742	0.86%
Xitsonga	6 345	0.70%
Setswana	3 531	0.39%
Other	2 339	0.26%
Tshivenda	1 133	0.13%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	466 592	51.84%
Male	433 415	48.16%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black	816 278	90.70%
White	72 109	8.01%
Coloured	6 022	0.67%
Indian/Asian	5 598	0.62%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	101 470	11.27%
005 - 009	105 250	11.69%
010 - 014	110 915	12.32%
015 - 019	106 277	11.81%
020 - 024	79 806	8.87%
025 - 029	72 626	8.07%
030 - 034	63 520	7.06%
035 - 039	60 596	6.73%
040 - 044	51 378	5.71%
045 - 049	40 374	4.49%
050 - 054	30 407	3.38%
055 - 059	21 345	2.37%
060 - 064	19 074	2.12%
065 - 069	12 943	1.44%
070 - 074	10 392	1.15%
075 - 079	5 726	0.64%
080 - 084	5 164	0.57%
085 - 089	1 555	0.17%
090 - 094	707	0.08%
095 - 099	296	0.03%
100 plus	186	0.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Gert Sibande in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 517 104 [57.46% of total population]
• Total votes: 319 593 [35.51% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 61.80% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	264 118	82.64%
Democratic Alliance	26 262	8.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party	7 977	2.50%
Freedom Front Plus	5 398	1.69%
African Christian Democratic Party	3 921	1.23%
United Democratic Movement	3 639	1.14%
Pan African Congress	2 661	0.83%
New National Party	1 560	0.49%
Independent Democrats	971	0.30%
Azanian People's Organisation	572	0.18%
United Christian Democratic Party	435	0.14%
SOPA	407	0.13%
NA	276	0.09%
EMSA	256	0.08%
Christian Democratic Party	234	0.07%
Peace and Justice Congress	223	0.07%
UF	203	0.06%
TOP	167	0.05%
Minority Front	133	0.04%
New Labour Party	91	0.03%
Keep It Straight and Simple Party	89	0.03%
Total	319 593	100.00%