# Sekhukhune District Municipality

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.

## 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:
| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Fetakgomo/Tubatse | 429,471 | 39.88% | Pedi |
| Makhuduthamaga | 262 906 | 27.18% | Pedi |
| Elias Motsoaledi | 220 738 | 22.82% | Pedi |
| Ephraim Mogale | 121 331 | 12.55% | Pedi |

## 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% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population | % |
| Female | 536 715 | 55.50% |
| Male | 430 411 | 44.50% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Black African | 958 578 | 99.12% |
| White | 7 358 | 0.76% |
| Coloured | 715 | 0.07% |
| Indian/Asian | 475 | 0.05% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000 - 004 | 116 031 | 12.00% |
| 005 - 009 | 137 472 | 14.21% |
| 010 - 014 | 144 079 | 14.90% |
| 015 - 019 | 134 067 | 13.86% |
| 020 - 024 | 84 482 | 8.74% |
| 025 - 029 | 58 621 | 6.06% |
| 030 - 034 | 46 464 | 4.80% |
| 035 - 039 | 44 473 | 4.60% |
| 040 - 044 | 36 946 | 3.82% |
| 045 - 049 | 33 255 | 3.44% |
| 050 - 054 | 28 931 | 2.99% |
| 055 - 059 | 21 971 | 2.27% |
| 060 - 064 | 21 959 | 2.27% |
| 065 - 069 | 17 382 | 1.80% |
| 070 - 074 | 17 411 | 1.80% |
| 075 - 079 | 9 079 | 0.94% |
| 080 - 084 | 8 508 | 0.88% |
| 085 - 089 | 3 181 | 0.33% |
| 090 - 094 | 1 728 | 0.18% |
| 095 - 099 | 712 | 0.07% |
| 100 plus | 374 | 0.04% |

## 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
| 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%