Metsweding District Municipality

Metsweding District Municipality
Metsweding District Municipality
	Former District municipality
	Location in Gauteng
	Coordinates: 25°48′S 28°45′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Seat	Bronkhorstspruit
Local municipalities	List Nokeng Tsa Taemane; Kungwini;
Racial makeup
Languages
Time zone	UTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
Municipal code	DC46
Website	www.metsweding.com

Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 till 18 May 2011, a 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.[1]

The administrative seat of Metsweding was Bronkhorstspruit. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and Afrikaans (2001 Census).

Geography

Neighbours

Metsweding was surrounded by:

Waterberg (DC36) to the north
Nkangala (DC31) to the east
Ekurhuleni (East Rand) to the south-west
Bojanala Platinum (DC36) to the north-west
Tshwane (Pretoria) to the west, into which it was merged

Local municipalities

The district contained the following local municipalities, which have also been abolished:

Local municipality	Population	%
Kungwini	107 320	67.13%
Nokeng tsa Taemane	52 591	32.90%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
IsiNdebele	32 146	20.11%
Afrikaans	30 757	19.24%
Sepedi	29 596	18.51%
IsiZulu	26 526	16.59%
Sesotho	9 502	5.94%
Setswana	7 428	4.65%
Xitsonga	7 178	4.49%
English	5 372	3.36%
SiSwati	4 963	3.10%
IsiXhosa	3 620	2.26%
Tshivenda	1 665	1.04%
Other	1 158	0.72%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Male	83 801	52.42%
Female	76 060	47.58%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	124 713	78.01%
White	32 943	20.61%
Coloured	1 930	1.21%
Indian/Asian	275	0.17%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	14 549	9.10%
005 - 009	13 841	8.66%
010 - 014	13 421	8.40%
015 - 019	13 998	8.76%
020 - 024	15 914	9.95%
025 - 029	17 830	11.15%
030 - 034	15 898	9.94%
035 - 039	14 070	8.80%
040 - 044	10 920	6.83%
045 - 049	8 528	5.33%
050 - 054	6 501	4.07%
055 - 059	4 626	2.89%
060 - 064	3 601	2.25%
065 - 069	2 263	1.42%
070 - 074	1 717	1.07%
075 - 079	1 036	0.65%
080 - 084	772	0.48%
085 - 089	204	0.13%
090 - 094	112	0.07%
095 - 099	40	0.03%
100 plus	20	0.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Metsweding in the South African general election, 2004.

Population 18 and over: 109 820 [68.70% of total population]
Total votes: 59 426 [37.17% of total population]
Voting % estimate: 54.11% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	44 191	74.36%
Democratic Alliance	9 985	16.80%
Freedom Front Plus	1 611	2.71%
African Christian Democratic Party	1 234	2.08%
Independent Democrats	478	0.80%
United Democratic Movement	338	0.57%
Pan African Congress	318	0.54%
Inkhata Freedom Party	311	0.52%
New National Party	270	0.45%
CDP	139	0.23%
United Christian Democratic Party	131	0.22%
NA	129	0.22%
Azanian People's Organisation	116	0.20%
UF	43	0.07%
SOPA	41	0.07%
TOP	22	0.04%
PJC	20	0.03%
EMSA	18	0.03%
Minority Front	18	0.03%
KISS	9	0.02%
NLP	4	0.01%
Total	59 426	100.00%

References

Shonisani, Tshifhiwa (27 February 2011). "Bronkhorstspruit residents to march against proposed merger". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

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[1] Shonisani, Tshifhiwa (27 February 2011). "Bronkhorstspruit residents to march against proposed merger". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.