Thaba Chweu
| Thaba Chweu Thaba Chweu Local Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Ehlanzeni | |
| Seat | Mashishing | |
| surface | 5719 km² | |
| Residents | 98,387 (October 2011) | |
| density | 17 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | MP321 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-MP | |
| Website | www.tclm.co.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Selina Mashigo-Sekgobela | |
| Political party | African National Congress | |
Coordinates: 25 ° 5 ′ S , 30 ° 35 ′ E
Thaba Chweu (English: Thaba Chweu Local Municipality ) is a municipality in the Ehlanzeni district in the South African province of Mpumalanga .
The parish is named after a mountain in the parish; the name comes from the Sepedi and means "white mountain".
The motto of the community is Re direla batho , literally “We make people”.
The community is run by the African National Congress ; Selina Mashigo-Sekgobela has been mayor since 2016.
places
- Grass scope
- Mashishing (formerly Lydenburg )
- Pilgrim's rest
- Sabie
population
The population increased in five years from 98,387 (2011 census) to 101,895 (2016).
Of the population in 2011, 81.6% were black, 14.5% white and 2.6% colored .
The first language was Sepedi ( 35.0%) , Siswati ( 17.3%) , Afrikaans ( 14.7%) , IsiZulu ( 7.4%) , Sesotho ( 7.0%) , Xitsonga ( 5.3%) , and English (4.1%) , 2.3% isiNdebele , 0.9% Setswana , 0.5% isiXhosa and 1.6% a language other than the official language recognized in South Africa.
Web links
- The community site (English)
- Description at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Community names of South Africa ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ www.localgovernment.co.za: Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (MP321): Demographic
- ↑ Stats SA: Community Survey 2016 (accessed September 18, 2017)
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=thaba-chweu-municipality