Elias Motsoaledi (Municipality)
| Elias Motsoaledi Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality |
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Motto "A Re Beleganeng" |
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Limpopo | |
| District | Sekhukhune | |
| Seat | Groblersdal | |
| surface | 3713 km² | |
| Residents | 249,363 (October 2011) | |
| density | 67 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | LIM472 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | |
| Website | www.eliasmotsoaledi.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Julia Lata math | |
Coordinates: 25 ° 9 ′ S , 29 ° 23 ′ E
Elias Motsoaledi ( English Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality , formerly Greater Groblersdal ) is a local municipality in the Sekhukhune district , Limpopo Province in South Africa . The administrative headquarters are in Groblersdal . Mayor is Julia Lata Mathebe.
The community is named after Elias Motsoaledi . He was an ANC member who, along with Nelson Mandela and others, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial and taken to the prison island of Robben Island in the Atlantic off Cape Town . He was born in this region.
Localities
- Bakwena
- Barokgoga Bakopa
- Dennilton
- Groblersdal
- Hlogotlou
- Laersdrif
- Maleoscope
- Mathula
- Matsepe
- Mossiesdal
- Motetemav
- Rooikraal
- Roossenekal
population
In 2011 the community had 249,363 inhabitants. Of these, 97.7% were black and 1.6% white.
First language was 58.6% Sepedi to 14.9% isiNdebele to 8.8% isiZulu to 6.1% Setswana to 2.6% Xitsonga to 2% Sesotho to 1.8% Afrikaans to 1.5% Siswati and 1.3% English.
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality (LIM472) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ South African History Online: Elias Mathope Motsoaledi . at www.sahistory.org.za (English).
- ↑ 2011 census: Elias Motsoaledi . accessed on July 15, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Elias Motsoaledi . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).