Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality

Elias Motsoaledi
Official seal of Elias Motsoaledi
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictSekhukhune
SeatGroblersdal
Wards30
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor Cllr David Magetle TladiDavid Magetle Tladi (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,713 km2 (1,434 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total249,363
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.9%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White1.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho58.9%
 • Southern Ndebele14.9%
 • Zulu8.9%
 • Tswana6.2%
 • Other11.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM472

Elias Motsoaledi Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Elias Motsoaledi; Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi ye Elias Motsoaledi), formerly the Greater Groblersdal Municipality, is a local municipality within the Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of is Groblersdal. It is named in honour of the Elias Motsoaledi.

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.