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Thembisile

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There are 310 458 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 4,1 persons per household. 46,1% of households are headed by females.

1,91% Growth Rate

Thembisile Hani Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is a semi-urban local municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are five established townships.

The municipality is named after Thembisile Chris Hani, Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who was assassinated on 10 April 1993. (http://en.wikipedia.org)

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People

Quick Fact

18% of those 20+ have no schooling.

According to Census 2011, Thembisile Hani Local Municipality has a total population of 310 458 people, of whom99,2% are black African, and 0,3% are Indian/Asian.The other population groups make up the remaining 0,5%.

Of those aged 20 years and older, 18,3% have completed some primary school, 32,4% have some secondary education, 26,2% have completed matric, and 5,2% have some form of higher education, while18% have no form of schooling.

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Group	Percentage
Black African	99,2%
Coloured	0,2%
Indian/Asian	0,3%
White	0,1%
Other	0,2%

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Age	Males	Females
0-4	5,8%	5,8%
5-9	5,3%	5,3%
10-14	5%	4,9%
15-19	5,4%	5,5%
20-24	5,1%	5%
25-29	4,2%	4,5%
30-34	3,3%	3,6%
35-39	2,8%	3,3%
40-44	2,4%	2,8%
45-49	2,1%	2,1%
50-54	1,7%	2,3%
55-59	1,5%	2%
60-64	1,1%	1,5%
65-69	0,7%	1%
70-74	0,4%	0,9%
75-79	0,2%	0,5%
80-84	0,2%	0,4%
85+	0,2%	0,4%

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Language	Percentage
Afrikaans	0,4%
English	1,2%
IsiNdebele	58,4%
IsiXhosa	1%
IsiZulu	12,5%
Sepedi	12,6%
Sesotho	4,8%
Setswana	1,9%
Sign Language	0,3%
SiSwati	2,9%
Tshivenda	0,4%
Xitsonga	2,6%
Other	0.9%
Not Applicable	0,1%

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Group	Percentage
Married	19,5%
Living together like married partners	2,5%
Never married	72,9%
Widower/Widow	3,9%
Separated	0,5%
Divorced	0,6%

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Group	Percentage
No Schooling	2,6%
Some Primary	44,8%
Completed Primary	6,5%
Some Secondary	33%
Completed Secondary	11,7%
Higher Education	1,3%
Not Applicable	0,1%

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Sex	Percentage
Female	52,4%
Male	47,6%

Living Conditions

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92,3% Use electricity for lighting.

There are 229,831 households in the municipality, with an average household size of 4,1 persons per household.46,1% of households are headed by females.

Only 16,3% of households have access to piped water inside the dwelling, 72,1%of households have access to piped water inside the yard and 4,6% have no access to piped water.

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Area	Percentage
Urban	28,5%
Tribal/Traditional	69,9%
Farm	1,6%

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Item	Yes	No
Cellphone	92,8%	7,2%
Computer	14,3%	85,7%
Television	78,7%	21,3%
Satellite Television	12,2%	87,8%
Radio	77%	23%
Landline / Telephone	2,4%	97,6%
Motor Car	23,4%	76,6%
Refrigerator	76,6%	23,4%
Electric / Gas-Stove	81,4%	18,6%

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Energy Source	Cooking	Heating	Lighting
Electricity	79,9%	60,2%	92,3%
Gas	1,5%	1%	0,1%
Paraffin	6,8%	2,3%	0,5%
Solar	0,1%	0,1%	0,1%
Candles	0%	0%	6,8%
Wood	5,5%	7,2%	0%
Coal	5,8%	15,2%	0%
Animal Dung	0,1%	0,2%	0%
Other	0%	0%	0%
None	0,2%	13,8%	0,2%

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Access	Percentage
From Home	2,2%
From Cellphone	18%
From Work	1,7%
From Elsewhere	9,3%
No Access	68,8%

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Tenure Status	Percentage
Rented	5,8%
Owned and fully paid off	73,5%
Owned but not yet paid off	2,7%
Occupied rent free	14,1%
Other	3,9%

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Source of water	Percentage
Regional/Local water scheme (operated by municipality or other water services provider)	89,3%
Borehole	1,9%
Spring	0,3%
Rain water tank	0,3%
Dam/Pool/Stagnant water	0,7%
River/Stream	0,9%
Water vendor	1,2%
Water tanker	2,3%
Other	3%

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Toilet Facility	Percentage
None	2,6%
Flush toilet (connected to sewerage system)	6,8%
Flush toilet (with septic tank)	1,6%
Chemical toilet	1,6%
Pit toilet with ventilation	20,7%
Pit toilet without ventilation	64,5%
Bucket toilet	0,9%
Other	1,3%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	4,6%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,5%
Communal refuse dump	8,7%
Own refuse dump	76,4%
No rubbish disposal	9,1%
Other	0,7%

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Refuse Disposal	Percentage
Removed by local authority/private company at least once a week	4,6%
Removed by local authority/private company less often	0,5%
Communal refuse dump	8,7%
Own refuse dump	76,4%
No rubbish disposal	9,1%
Other	0,7%

Economy

Quick Fact

49,4% Unemployment rate.

97 744 people are economically active (employed or unemployed but looking for work), and of these,37% are unemployed.

Of the 48 741 economically active youth (15 – 34 years) in the area, almost half (49,4%) are unemployed.

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Employment Status	Number
Employed	61605
Unemployed	36139
Discouraged Work Seeker	13477
Not Economically Active	84188

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Income	Percentage
None income	13,8%
R1 - R4,800	5,6%
R4,801 - R9,600	9,7%
R9,601 - R19,600	20,3%
R19,601 - R38,200	23,6%
R38,201 - R76,4000	15,2%
R76,401 - R153,800	7,4%
R153,801 - R307,600	2,9%
R307,601 - R614,400	1%
R614,001 - R1,228,800	0,2%
R1,228,801 - R2,457,600	0,1%
R2,457,601+	0,1%

Agricultural Statistics

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Agricultural households
Type of specific activity	Number
Livestock production	7,542
Poultry production	11,211
Vegetable production	7,609
Production of other crops	6,153
Other	2,441

**An agricultural household may engage in more than one agricultural activity

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Agricultural households
Type of activity	Number
Crops only	7,759
Animals only	11,618
Mixed farming	4,350
Other	785

**An agricultural household may not fall under more than one agricultural activity

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Income category of agricultural households
Annual income category of agricultural household heads	Number
No income	7,195
R1-R4 800	769
R4 801-R38 400	13,973
R38 401-R307 200	2,173
R307 201+	85
Unspecified	319

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Place names

Places in Thembisile Municipality
Bhundu Die Bron Vakansiedorp Dipasana eNgwengameni Enkeldoornoog Gemsbokspruit Kameelpoortnek Kwaggafontein KwaMhlanga KwaMhlanga Crossroads Leratong LithuliVillage Mathys Zyn Loop-A Mkobola Moloto Sehlakwana Somphalali Thembisile NU Tweefontein Verena Vlaaklaagte

Key Statistics 2011

Total population	310,458
Young (0-14)	32,1%
Working Age (15-64)	62,9%
Elderly (65+)	4,9%
Dependency ratio	58,9
Sex ratio	90,7
Growth rate	1,91% (2001-2011)
Population density	130 persons/km2
Unemployment rate	37%
Youth unemployment rate	49,4%
No schooling aged 20+	18%
Higher education aged 20+	5,2%
Matric aged 20+	26,1%
Number of households	75,634
Number of Agricultural households	24,513
Average household size	4,1
Female headed households	46,1%
Formal dwellings	85,6%
Housing owned/paying off	76,1%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	6,8%
Weekly refuse removal	4,6%
Piped water inside dwelling	16,3%
Electricity for lighting	92,3%

Key Statistics 2001

Total population	256,583
Young (0-14)	37,2%
Working Age (15-64)	62,9%
Elderly (65+)	4,6%
Dependency ratio	71,7%
Sex ratio	86,1
Growth rate	1,22% (2001-2011)
Unemployment rate	51,2%
Youth unemployment rate	65,1%
No schooling aged 20+	34%
Higher education aged 20+	3,5%
Matric aged 20+	16,2%
Number of households	57,548
Average household size	4,4
Female headed households	52,2%
Formal dwellings	79,7%
Housing owned/paying off	70,3%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage	5,5%
Weekly refuse removal	3,8%
Piped water inside dwelling	5%
Electricity for lighting	88,6%

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2001

Economic Stats

Joe de Beer (Deputy Director-General)
012 310 8024
082 888 2600
joedb@statssa.gov.za

Peter Perkins
(Economist)
012 310 8389
082 883 9532
peterp@statssa.gov.za

Social Stats

Gwen Lehloenya (Acting Deputy Director-General)
012 310 8333
082 888 2323
gwenL@statssa.gov.za

Neo Nghenavo
(Director)
012 310 8047
082 888 2613
neon@statssa.gov.za

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Topic	Contact	Alternative Contact
Consumer price index (CPI), Producer price index (PPI), Unit value indices: exports / imports, Construction materials price indices	Patrick Kelly (Chief Director) 012 310 8290 082 888 2248 patrickke@statssa.gov.za	Marietjie Bennett (Director) 012 310 8077 082 888 2194 marietjieb@statssa.gov.za
Government finance: national and provincial government	Moses Mnyaka (Chief Director) 012 310 8984 / 8586 083 471 3531 mosesmn@statssa.gov.za	Elizabeth Makhafola (Director) 012 310 8977 082 888 9062 elizabethma@statssa.gov.za
Government finance: local government	Moses Mnyaka (Chief Director) 012 310 8984 / 8586 083 471 3531 mosesmn@statssa.gov.za	Malibongwe Mhemhe (Director) 012 310 6928 082 906 8964 malibongwem@statssa.gov.za
Supply and use tables, Satellite accounts, Regional GDP	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za
Gross domestic product (GDP), production	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za	Bontlenyana Makhoba(Chief Economist) 012 310 8567 bontlenyanam@statssa.gov.za
Gross domestic product (GDP), expenditure	Michael Manamela (Chief Director) 012 310 8520 082 888 2205 michaelm@statssa.gov.za	Litshani Ligudu (Director) 012 310 4674 082 884 4279 litshanil@statssa.gov.za
Environmental-economic accounts	Gerhardt Bouwer (Chief Director) 012 310 8241 082 888 2409 gerhardb@statssa.gov.za	Riaan Grobler (Director) 012 406 3474 084 515 2908 riaang@statssa.gov.za
Mining, manufacturing, electricity, capacity utilisation	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Nicolai Claassen (Director) 012 310 8007 076 759 0200 nicolaic@statssa.gov.za
Retail, wholesale, motor, land transport	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Keshnee Naidoo (Director) 012 310 8423 083 689 5341 keshneen@statssa.gov.za
Building, liquidations, civil cases for debt, food & beverages, tourist accommodation	Hlabi Morudu (Chief Director) 012 310 8377 082 317 8531 hlabim@statssa.gov.za	Joyce Essel-Mensah (Director) 012 310 8255 082 888 2374 joycee@statssa.gov.za
Annual financial statistics (AFS)	Sagaren Pillay (Chief Director) 012 310 4619 082 905 2665 sagarenp@statssa.gov.za	Amukelani Ngobeni (Director) 012 310 2938 082 677 4536 amukelanin@statssa.gov.za
Quarterly financial statistics (QFS)	Sagaren Pillay (Chief Director) 012 310 4619 082 905 2665 sagarenp@statssa.gov.za	Krisseelan Govinden (Director) 012 310 4651 082 901 7960 krisseelang@statssa.gov.za
Structural industry statistics (large sample surveys of industries every 3 to 5 years; agriculture)	Itani Magwaba (Chief Director) 012 337 6471 / 6254 082 905 5143 itanim@statssa.gov.za	Tshepo Pekane (Director) 012 310 8191 083 675 8654 tshepop@statssa.gov.za
Population Statistics (Census and Community Survey)	Christine Khoza (Chief Director) 012 310 2185 071 670 2672 christinek@statssa.gov.za	Angela Ngyende (Chief Statistician) 012 310 4699 079 519 3212 angelan@statssa.gov.za
Demography-Mid-year Population Estimates	Diego Iturralde (Chief Director) 012 310 8922 082 413 2661 diegoi@statssa.gov.za	Chantal Munthree (Chief Statistician) 012 310 6648 082 888 2289 chantalMu@statssa.gov.za
Labour Statistics- Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS)	Malerato Mosiane (Acting Chief Director) 012 310 8688 082 888 2449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za	Desiree Manamela (Director) 012 310 2145 071 681 2768 DesireeM@statssa.gov.za Malerato Mosiane (Chief Statistician) 012 310 8688 082 888 2449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za
Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES)	Malerato Mosiane (Acting Chief Director) 012 310 8688 082 8882449 maleratoM@statssa.gov.za	Matlapane Masupye (Acting Director) 012 310 8168 082 317 5340 matlapanem@statssa.gov.za
Tourism Statistics (Domestic Tourism Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Brenda Mosima (Director) 012 310 8168 082 906 7925 BrendaMo@statssa.gov.za
Crime and Safety Statistics (Victims of Crime Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Joseph Lukhwareni (Director) 012 310 8485 082 888 2486 JosephL@statssa.gov.za
Service Delivery Statistics (General Household Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Niel Roux (Director) 012 310 2939 082 904 7919 NielR@statssa.gov.za
Transport Statistics (National Travel Survey)	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Solly Molayi (Director) 012 310 6442 083 440 7035 SollyMol@statssa.gov.za
Gender Statistics	Isabel Schmidt (Chief Director ) 012 337 6379 082 884 4281 IsabelSc@statssa.gov.za	Tshepo Mabela (Director) 012 310 8587 082 941 9383 TshepoMab@statssa.gov.za
Mortality and Causes of Deaths	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Tourism and Migration	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Ramadimetja Matji(Director) 012 406 33011 071 670 3272 ramadimetjaM@statssa.gov.za
Registered Births	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Marriages and Divorces	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Ramadimetja Matji(Director) 012 406 33011 071 670 3272 ramadimetjaM@statssa.gov.za
Living Conditions Survey	Rika du Plessis (Acting Chief Director) Health and Vital Statistics 012 310 2913 .. rikaDP@statssa.gov.za	Thabo Molebatsi(Director) 012 310 4857 060 997 8372 thabomol@statssa.gov.za
Income and Expenditure Survey	Nozipho Shabalala (Chief Director ) 012 310 6994 082 904 8896 Noziphos@statssa.gov.za	Werner Ruch (Director) 012 310 6318 082 906 7967 wernerr@statssa.gov.za

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