Kungwini Local Municipality


Kungwini Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding [District Municipality|Metsweding District] of Gauteng in South Africa. The town of Bronkhorstspruit was the seat of the municipality.
Kungwini, along with the Metsweding District, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane [Metropolitan Municipality] on 18 May 2011, the date of the South African [municipal election, 2011|2011 municipal election].
Kungwini is an Southern [Ndebele language|isiNdebele] word meaning "mist". Because the area is misty, the name was relevant for the local community.

Main places

Main places of the municipality, from the 2001 census:
PlaceCodeMost spoken language
BronkhorstspruitAfrikaans
EkandustriaNorthern Sotho
EkangalaZulu
Kungwini Part 1
Kungwini Part 2Southern Ndebele
PretoriaSetswana
RethabisengZulu
SehlakwanaSouthern Ndebele
ZithobeniSouthern Ndebele