Gert Sibande District Municipality is located on the eastern boundary of Mpumalanga and includes the following local authorities or municipalities: Dipaliseng Municipality Govan Mbeki Municipality Msukaligwa Municipality Lekwa Municipality Albert Luthuli Municipality Pixley Ka Seme Municipality Mkhondo Municipality The major settlement areas within the above mentioned local authority areas are as follows: Balfour Secunda Ermelo Standerton Carolina Volksrust Piet Retief The table below details the various settlement areas that make up the area of jurisdiction of the Gert Sibande District Municipality.

Table 2: Settlement Areas and Population Settlement Area Population

DIPALISENG MUNICIPALITY SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Balfour Greylingstad Nthorwane Siyathemba Heidelberg Farms Nigel Farms 4810 1169 3314 18595 10428 5851 GOVAN MBEKI MUNICIPALITY SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Bethal Charl Cilliers Embalenhle Emzinoni Evander Kinross Leandra/Leslie Lebohang Secunda Trichardt 8851 237 77932 33944 6194 5798 90 21535 25455 989 MSUKALIGWA MUNICIPALITY SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Breyten Chrissiesmeer Davel Ermelo Fernie Kwachibikhulu Kwadela Kwazanele Lothair Silindile Wesselton 1344 150 138 17212 20871 1385 2932 10314 161 5034 33350 LEKWA MUNICIPALITY SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Azalea Meyerville Morgenzon Sakhile Sakhile Informal Sivukile Standerton Thuthukani 3653 2853 812 27857 10184 3130 10536 2743 PIXLEY KA SEME MUNICIPALITY SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Amersfoort Charlestown Daggakraal Esizameleni Ezamokuhle Perdekop Sinqobile Siyazenzela Volksrust Vukuzakhe Wakkerstroom 1129 1988 11827 4036 5797 401 4545 2513 6352 13879 999 MKHONDO MUNICIPALITY SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Altonia Amsterdam Belgrade Diamant Dirkiesdorp Driefontein Ethandukukhanya Gunstelling Krommellenboog KwaNgema KwaNgema North Kwathendeka Msizini/Wonderdraai Oranjedaal Piet Retief Prudentie Tobolsk 1826 866 4608 978 768 29905 19774 1130 559 3132 1220 4740 634 5857 7758 975 3832 ALBERT LUTHULI MUNICIPALITY SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Aankoms Avontuur Badplaas Carolina Davale Diepdale Diepgezet Dundonald Ekulindeni Elukwatini Embhuleni Emphuluzi Enkhaba Glenmore Hartebeeskop 591 976 2971 1956 1230 7512 815 9280 5702 4799 739 11272 945 11350 3393 ALBERT LUTHULI MUNICIPALITY cont. SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Mbhejeka Moddergat Mooiplaas Ndonga Ngonini Nhlaba Nhlazatshe Ntababovu Hereford Kalwerskraal Kranskop Lochiel Mayflower Mayflower Gate Informal 578 516 11086 329 815 1254 51279 1203 201 511 1021 3356 719 1904 ALBERT LUTHULI MUNICIPALITY cont. SETTLEMENT AREA POPULATION Oshoek Pampoen Redhill Robinsdale Silobela Smooitfield Songimvelo Game Res. Starford Steynsdorp Swaluwsnest Tjakastad TV Vlakplaas Waverley 1598 447 3039 590 7908 496 365 562 597 3328 13392 734 3429 10592

Source: 2001 Census Data Regional access to the study area is obtained via Provincial Roads N2, N11, N17 R35, R50, etc

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