Lejweleputswa District Municipality

Lejweleputswa
District municipality
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Location of Lejweleputswa District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 27°58′S 26°44′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Welkom
Local municipalities	List Masilonyana Tokologo Tswelopele Matjhabeng Nala
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sebenzile Ngangelizwe
Area
• Total	31,930 km2 (12,330 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	627,626
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	88.9%
• Coloured	1.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	8.6%
First languages (2011)
• Sotho	62.2%
• Xhosa	12.2%
• Afrikaans	11.3%
• Tswana	5.9%
• Other	8.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC18

The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Lejweleputswa; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Lejweleputswa; Afrikaans: Lejweleputswa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Welkom. As of 2011, a majority of its 657,019 residents speak Sotho. The district code is DC18. Lejweleputswa is a Sesotho word meaning "grey rock".

Neighbours

Lejweleputswa is surrounded by:

• Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North West to the north (DC40)
• Fezile Dabi to the north-east (DC20)
• Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19)
• Mangaung Metro to the south
• Xhariep to the south-west (DC16)
• Frances Baard in Northern Cape to the west (DC9)
• Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati in North West to the north-west (DC39)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Matjhabeng	408 156	62.12%
Nala	98 264	14.96%
Masilonyana	64 402	9.80%
Tswelopele	53 713	8.18%
Tokologo	32 455	4.94%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Sotho	403 866	61.47%
Xhosa	99 455	15.14%
Afrikaans	66 418	10.11%
Tswana	50 835	7.74%
Zulu	11 051	1.68%
English	7 981	1.21%
Tsonga	6 371	0.97%
Ndebele	4 283	0.65%
Swati	2 369	0.36%
Other	2 141	0.33%
Northern Sotho	1 666	0.25%
Venda	554	0.08%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	335 378	51.05%
Male	321 641	48.95%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	586 657	89.29%
White	56 640	8.62%
Coloured	13 179	2.01%
Indian/Asian	543	0.08%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	62 795	9.56%
005 - 009	63 350	9.64%
010 - 014	70 582	10.74%
015 - 019	70 068	10.66%
020 - 024	59 737	9.09%
025 - 029	55 793	8.49%
030 - 034	53 328	8.12%
035 - 039	54 193	8.25%
040 - 044	46 564	7.09%
045 - 049	36 013	5.48%
050 - 054	25 801	3.93%
055 - 059	17 994	2.74%
060 - 064	14 175	2.16%
065 - 069	10 978	1.67%
070 - 074	6 841	1.04%
075 - 079	3 991	0.61%
080 - 084	3 014	0.46%
085 - 089	1 111	0.17%
090 - 094	432	0.07%
095 - 099	171	0.03%
100 plus	88	0.01%

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 418 466 [63.69% of total population]
• Total votes: 234 060 [35.62% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 55.93% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	195 970	83.73%
Democratic Alliance	20 043	8.56%
Freedom Front Plus	3 774	1.61%
United Democratic Movement	3 016	1.29%
African Christian Democratic Party	2 806	1.20%
Pan African Congress	2 387	1.02%
New National Party	1 779	0.76%
Inkhata Freedom Party	947	0.40%
Independent Democrats	903	0.39%
Azanian People's Organisation	816	0.35%
United Christian Democratic Party	432	0.18%
SOPA	283	0.12%
NA	195	0.08%
CDP	132	0.06%
EMSA	131	0.06%
UF	125	0.05%
PJC	111	0.05%
TOP	79	0.03%
KISS	50	0.02%
NLP	42	0.02%
Minority Front	39	0.02%
Total	234 060	100.00%

External links

• Lejweleputswa DM Official Website