Sekhukhune District Municipality
The Sekhukhune District Municipality is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Groblersdal. As of 2011, the majority of its 1,076,840 inhabitants spoke Sepedi. The district code is DC47.
This district is named after the natural region of Sekhukhuneland. Sekhukhuneland is named after the Pedi King Sekhukhune, who succeeded Sekwati in 1860 or 1861.
Geography
Neighbours
Sekhukhune is surrounded by:- Capricorn to the north
- Mopani to the east
- Ehlanzeni to the south-east
- Nkangala to the south
- Waterberg to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Fetakgomo/Tubatse | 429,471 | 39.88% | Sepedi |
| Makhuduthamaga | 262 906 | 27.18% | Sepedi |
| Elias Motsoaledi | 220 738 | 22.82% | Sepedi |
| Ephraim Mogale | 121 331 | 12.55% | Sepedi |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.| Language | Population | % |
| Sepedi | 806 209 | 83.36% |
| Ndebele | 42 450 | 4.39% |
| Zulu | 26 758 | 2.77% |
| Swati | 22 028 | 2.28% |
| Tswana | 22 003 | 2.28% |
| Tsonga | 19 373 | 2.00% |
| Sotho | 12 815 | 1.33% |
| Afrikaans | 7 956 | 0.82% |
| Xhosa | 2 191 | 0.23% |
| English | 2 165 | 0.22% |
| Venda | 1 665 | 0.17% |
| Other | 1 568 | 0.16% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Sekhukhune in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 484 867
- Total votes: 318 986
- Voting % estimate: 65.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 294 824 | 92.43% |
| Democratic Alliance | 6 701 | 2.10% |
| United Democratic Movement | 4 855 | 1.52% |
| Pan African Congress | 3 650 | 1.14% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 2 279 | 0.71% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 2 022 | 0.63% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 949 | 0.30% |
| New National Party | 833 | 0.26% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 521 | 0.16% |
| Independent Democrats | 320 | 0.10% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 295 | 0.09% |
| EMSA | 261 | 0.08% |
| NA | 252 | 0.08% |
| SOPA | 250 | 0.08% |
| PJC | 223 | 0.07% |
| CDP | 174 | 0.05% |
| UF | 166 | 0.05% |
| TOP | 152 | 0.05% |
| KISS | 103 | 0.03% |
| NLP | 85 | 0.03% |
| Minority Front | 71 | 0.02% |
| Total | 318 986 | 100.00% |
2016 Local Election results for Sekhukhune District Municipality
African National Congress: 169 604 ||68.63%
Economic Freedom Fighters:48 228 ||19.51%
Democratic Alliance:13 368 ||5.41%
Pan African Congress :1 322 ||0.53%
Azanian People's Organisation:2 103 ||0.65%
Freedom Front Plus :1 097 ||0.44%