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The Gert Sibande District Municipality is one of three district municipalities in Mpumalanga province and is situated in the eastern boundary of Mpumalanga and borders onto Swaziland in the east, Kwa-Zulu Natal in the south-east, Free State to the south-west and Gauteng to the west. For the purposes of the Gert Sibande District Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan Revision the boundaries as proclaimed in terms of Section 21 (B) of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act 27 of 1998) are used.
The Gert Sibande District Municipality comprise of an area of approximately 31 842km² which includes the following local municipal areas: - Dipaleseng Municipality
- Govan Mbeki Municipality
- Msukaligwa Municipality
- Lekwa Municipality
- Albert Luthuli Municipality
- Pixley Ka Seme Municipality
- Mkhondo Municipality
According to the 2001 Census Data the district municipality has a total population of 900 008 individuals residing in 127 different towns and settlement areas throughout the region. |
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