The Sekhukhune District Municipality is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Groblersdal. As of 2011, the majority of its 1,076,840 inhabitants spoke Sepedi. The district code is DC47. This district is named after the natural region of Sekhukhuneland. Sekhukhuneland is named after the Pedi King Sekhukhune, who succeeded Sekwati in 1860 or 1861.

Geography

Neighbours

Sekhukhune is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for Sekhukhune in the South African general election, 2004. 2016 Local Election results for Sekhukhune District Municipality African National Congress: 169 604 ||68.63% Economic Freedom Fighters:48 228 ||19.51% Democratic Alliance:13 368 ||5.41% Pan African Congress :1 322 ||0.53% Azanian People's Organisation:2 103 ||0.65% Freedom Front Plus :1 097 ||0.44%