Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality

Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality
—  Local municipality  —
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°30′E / 25.5°S 28.5°E / -25.5; 28.5Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°30′E / 25.5°S 28.5°E / -25.5; 28.5
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	Metsweding District
Seat	Rayton
Area
– Total	1,968 km2 (759.8 sq mi)
Population (2007)[1]
– Total	49,389
– Density	25.1/km2 (65/sq mi)
– Households	14,838
Racial makeup[2] (2007)
– Black African	65.12%
– White	31.95%
– Coloured	1.27%
– Indian or Asian	1.67%
Languages[3] (2001)
– Sepedi	28.76%
– Afrikaans	27.37%
– Setswana	7.65%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	GT461
Website	http://www.nokengmun.co.za/

Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa.

Due to years of financial mismanagement by the ANC-led council^{[citation needed]}, the municipality was found to be no longer viable. Thus Nokeng tsa Taemane, along with the Metsweding District, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on 18 May 2011, the date of the 2011 municipal election.^[4]

The name is in Sepedi and Sesotho, meaning “rivers of diamonds”. The municipality was given the name because of the vast number of rivers and springs in the area and also the diamonds generated around the Caledon.^[5]

It encompassed the following towns:^[6]

• Cullinan/Rayton
• Roodeplaat
• Elands River
• Pienaarsrivier

References

1. ^ "Community Survey, 2007: Basic Results Municipalities" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 
2. ^ "Community Survey 2007 interactive data". Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/community_new/content.asp?link=interactivedata.asp. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 
3. ^ "Census 2001 interactive data". Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/C2001Interactive.asp. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 
4. ^ Shonisani, Tshifhiwa (27 February 2011). "Bronkhorstspruit residents to march against proposed merger". The Citizen. http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/local-news?oid=175739&sn=Detail&pid=334&Bronkhorstspruit-residents-to-march-against--proposed-merger-. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
5. ^ South African Languages - Place names
6. ^ Department of Home Affairs website, accessed 15 September 2008.