Sekhukhune District Municipality


Sekhukhune is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Sekhukhune is Groblersdal. The majority of its 1,076,840 inhabitants speak Sepedi. The district code is DC47.
This district is named after the natural region of Sekukuniland. Sekhukhuneland is named after the Pedi King Sekhukhune, who succeeded Sekwati in 1860 or 1861, and it is the only native region in South Africa named after a famous local king.

Geography

Neighbours

Sekhukhune is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

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