Ehlanzeni District Municipality

Coordinates: 25°27′00″S 30°58′59″E / 25.450°S 30.983°E / -25.450; 30.983CountrySouth AfricaProvinceMpumalangaSeatMbombelaLocal municipalitiesGovernment • TypeMunicipal council • MayorJesta Sidell (ANC)Area • Total27,896 km² (10,771 sq mi)Population • Total1,688,615 • Density61/km² (160/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African94.0% • Coloured0.6% • Indian/Asian0.4% • White4.7%First languages (2011) • Swazi54.5% • Tsonga21.8% • Northern Sotho10.3% • Afrikaans4.0% • Other9.4%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Municipal codeDC32

Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Ehlanzeni is Mbombela. The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati (2001 Census). The district code is DC32.

Geography

Neighbours

Ehlanzeni is surrounded by:

• Mopani (DC33) to the north
• The republic of Mozambique to the east
• The kingdom of Eswatini to the south
• Gert Sibande (DC30) to the south
• Nkangala (DC31) to the south-west
• Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the north-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Mbombela	528 550	55.95%	Swazi
Nkomazi	334 419	35.40%	Swazi
Thaba Chweu	81 238	8.60%	Northern Sotho
Bushbuckridge	495	0.05%	Tsonga

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
SiSwati	737 534	78.07%
Xitsonga	64 987	6.88%
Sepedi	40 513	4.29%
Afrikaans	39 731	4.21%
English	18 103	1.92%
IsiZulu	16 311	1.73%
Sesotho	16 092	1.70%
Setswana	3 478	0.37%
IsiNdebele	2 411	0.26%
Other	2 407	0.25%
IsiXhosa	2 260	0.24%
Tshivenda	875	0.09%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	491 212	52.00%
Male	453 453	48.00%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	889 436	94.15%
White	45 809	4.85%
Coloured	6 851	0.73%
Indian/Asian	2 569	0.27%

Age

Age	Population	%
000–004	108 898	11.53%
005–009	112 747	11.94%
010–014	116 683	12.35%
015–019	113 504	12.02%
020–024	93 023	9.85%
025–029	85 374	9.04%
030–034	68 929	7.30%
035–039	61 112	6.47%
040–044	44 885	4.75%
045–049	37 270	3.95%
050–054	27 034	2.86%
055–059	18 573	1.97%
060–064	18 662	1.98%
065–069	12 453	1.32%
070–074	11 883	1.26%
075–079	5 698	0.60%
080–084	5 132	0.54%
085–089	1 525	0.16%
090–094	804	0.09%
095–099	324	0.03%
100 plus	152	0.02%

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 537 768 [56.93% of total population]
• Total votes: 333 737 [35.33% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 62.06% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	298 810	89.53%
Democratic Alliance	20 523	6.15%
African Christian Democratic Party	3 087	0.92%
United Democratic Movement	3 006	0.90%
Freedom Front Plus	1 891	0.57%
Pan African Congress	1 460	0.44%
New National Party	1 216	0.36%
Independent Democrats	1 056	0.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party	1 038	0.31%
Azanian People's Organisation	348	0.10%
United Christian Democratic Party	282	0.08%
SOPA	172	0.05%
NA	136	0.04%
EMSA	130	0.04%
CDP	124	0.04%
PJC	118	0.04%
UF	118	0.04%
TOP	75	0.02%
KISS	62	0.02%
NLP	54	0.02%
Minority Front	31	0.01%
Total	333 737	100.00%

References

External links

• Ehlanzeni DM official website