Metsweding District Municipality


Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 until 18 May 2011, a district [municipality (South Africa)|district municipality] in Gauteng province, South Africa. Metsweding, and its component local municipalities, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on the date of the 2011 municipal election.
The administrative seat of Metsweding was Bronkhorstspruit. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and Afrikaans.
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Geography

Neighbours

Metsweding was surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contained the following local municipalities, which have also been abolished:
Local municipalityPopulation%
Kungwini107 32067.13%
Nokeng tsa Taemane52 59132.90%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%
IsiNdebele32 14620.11%
Afrikaans30 75719.24%
Sepedi29 59618.51%
IsiZulu26 52616.59%
Sesotho9 5025.94%
Setswana7 4284.65%
Xitsonga7 1784.49%
English5 3723.36%
SiSwati4 9633.10%
IsiXhosa3 6202.26%
Tshivenda1 6651.04%
Languages of [South Africa#Other significant languages in South Africa|Other]1 1580.72%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Metsweding in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 109 820
  • Total votes: 59 426
  • Voting % estimate: 54.11% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress44 19174.36%
Democratic Alliance9 98516.80%
Freedom Front Plus1 6112.71%
African Christian Democratic Party1 2342.08%
Independent Democrats4780.80%
United Democratic Movement3380.57%
Pan African Congress3180.54%
Inkhata Freedom Party3110.52%
New National Party2700.45%
CDP1390.23%
United Christian Democratic Party1310.22%
NA1290.22%
Azanian People's Organisation1160.20%
UF430.07%
SOPA410.07%
TOP220.04%
PJC200.03%
EMSA180.03%
Minority Front180.03%
KISS90.02%
NLP40.01%
Total59 426100.00%