The Sekhukhune District Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Selete wa Sekhukhune) 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.
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Geography
Neighbours
Sekhukhune is surrounded by:
Capricorn (DC35) to the north
Mopani (DC33) to the east
Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the south-east
Nkangala (DC31) to the south
Waterberg (DC36) to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Politics
Election results
Election results for Sekhukhune in the South African general election, 2004.
Population 18 and over: 484 867 [50.13% of total population]
Total votes: 318 986 [32.98% of total population]
Voting % estimate: 65.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over
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%