Gert Sibande District Municipality

Gert Sibande is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Ermelo. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC30. On 15 October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality. The district is named after the ANC activist Gert Sibande.GeographyNeighboursGert Sibande is surrounded by: Nkangala to the north (DC31) Ehlanzeni to the north-east (DC32) The kingdom of Swaziland to the east Zululand to the south-east (DC26) Amajuba to the south (DC25) Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-west (DC19) Fezile Dabi to the south-west(DC20) Sedibeng to the west (DC42)Local municipalitiesThe district contains the following local municipalities:DemographicsThe following statistics are from the 2001 census.