Nkangala District Municipality
Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1,308,129 people is IsiNdebele with 28.4%, closely followed by Zulu speakers. The district code is DC31.
Geography
Neighbours
Nkangala is surrounded by:- Sekhukhune to the north
- Ehlanzeni to the north-east
- Gert Sibande to the south
- Sedibeng to the south-west
- Ekurhuleni to the south-west
- City of Tshwane to the west
- Waterberg to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % | Capital town | Dominant language |
| eMalahleni | 276 414 | 27.08% | eMalahleni | Zulu |
| Thembisile Hani | 258 878 | 25.37% | Kwaggafontein | Southern Ndebele |
| Dr JS Moroka | 243 308 | 23.84% | Siyabuswa | Southern Ndebele |
| Steve Tshwete | 142 777 | 13.99% | Middelburg | Zulu |
| Victor Khanye | 56 205 | 5.51% | Delmas | Zulu |
| Emakhazeni | 43 008 | 4.21% | Belfast | Swazi |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.| Language | Population | % |
| IsiNdebele | 319 920 | 31.35% |
| IsiZulu | 232 228 | 22.75% |
| Sepedi | 161 338 | 15.81% |
| Afrikaans | 75 294 | 7.38% |
| SiSwati | 56 496 | 5.54% |
| Setswana | 56 144 | 5.50% |
| Sesotho | 42 474 | 4.16% |
| Xitsonga | 31 624 | 3.10% |
| IsiXhosa | 21 199 | 2.08% |
| English | 17 705 | 1.73% |
| Other | 3 514 | 0.34% |
| Tshivenda | 2 654 | 0.26% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Nkangala in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 608 871
- Total votes: 389 097
- Voting % estimate: 63.90% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 333 520 | 85.72% |
| Democratic Alliance | 30 234 | 7.77% |
| United Democratic Movement | 4 188 | 1.08% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 3 997 | 1.03% |
| Pan African Congress | 3 704 | 0.95% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3 654 | 0.94% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 2 431 | 0.62% |
| New National Party | 1 833 | 0.47% |
| Independent Democrats | 1 710 | 0.44% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 969 | 0.25% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 819 | 0.21% |
| SOPA | 381 | 0.10% |
| NA | 272 | 0.07% |
| EMSA | 270 | 0.07% |
| UF | 242 | 0.06% |
| CDP | 226 | 0.06% |
| PJC | 222 | 0.06% |
| TOP | 131 | 0.03% |
| Minority Front | 112 | 0.03% |
| NLP | 92 | 0.02% |
| KISS | 90 | 0.02% |
| Total | 389 097 | 100.00% |