Steve Tshwete
Steve Tshwete Steve Tshwete Local Municipality |
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Basic data | ||
Country | South Africa | |
province | Mpumalanga | |
District | Nkangala | |
Seat | Middelburg | |
surface | 3976 km² | |
Residents | 229,831 (October 2011) | |
density | 58 inhabitants per km² | |
key | MP313 | |
ISO 3166-2 | ZA-MP | |
Website | www.stevetshwetelm.gov.za (English) | |
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mayor | Mike Masina | |
Political party | African National Congress |
Coordinates: 26 ° 0 ′ S , 29 ° 10 ′ E
Steve Tshwete (English: Steve Tshwete Local Municipality ; formerly Middelburg ) is a municipality in the Nkangala district in the South African province of Mpumalanga . The seat of the municipality is Middelburg . The community name refers to the anti- apartheid fighter and minister Steve Tshwete (1938–2002), who was a member of the African National Congress (ANC).
The church is run by the ANC; Mayor is Mike Masina.
places
- Hendrina
- Middelburg
- Pullen's Hope
- Rietkuil
population
The population increased in five years from 229,831 (2011 census) to 278,749 (2016).
Of the population in 2011, 73.6% were black, 21.8% white, 2.6% colored and 1.6% Indian or Asian .
The first language was 27.8% isiZulu , 22.1% Afrikaans , 14.6% isiNdebele , 10.6% Sepedi , 5.8% English, 5.2% Siswati , 3.9% Sesotho , 2.3% isiXhosa , 2% Xitsonga and 1.5% Setswana .
Web links
- The community site (English)
- Description at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ANC Announces Mpumalanga mayors. 013.co.za of August 9, 2016, accessed November 3, 2016
- ↑ www.localgovernment.co.za: Steve Tshwete Local Municipality (MP313): Demographic
- ↑ Stats SA: Community Survey 2016 (accessed September 17, 2017)
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=steve-tshwete-municipality