Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality

Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa.

Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality
Local municipality
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°30′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	Metsweding District
Seat	Rayton
Area
• Total	1,968 km2 (760 sq mi)
Population  (2007)[1]
• Total	49,389
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
• Households	14,838
Racial makeup [2] (2007)
• Black African	65.12%
• White	31.95%
• Coloured	1.27%
• Indian or Asian	1.67%
Languages [3] (2001)
• Sepedi	28.76%
• Afrikaans	27.37%
• Setswana	7.65%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	GT461
Website	http://www.nokengmun.co.za/

Due to years of financial mismanagement by the ANC-led council^{[citation needed]}, the municipality was found to be no longer viable. Thus Nokeng tsa Taemane, along with the Metsweding District, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on 18 May 2011, the date of the 2011 municipal election.^[4]

The name is in Sepedi and Sesotho, meaning "rivers of diamonds". The municipality was given the name because of the vast number of rivers and springs in the area and also the diamonds generated in Cullinan.^[5]

Main places

Main places of the municipality, from the 2001 census:^[6]

Place	Code
Baviaanspoort	70701
Cullinan	70702
Kekana Gardens	70703
Nokeng tsa Taemane	70704
Onverwacht	70705
Rayton	70706
Refilwe	70707
Roodeplaat Dam Nature Reserve	70708
Vergenoeg	70709