Gert Sibande (until 2004 known as the
Eastvaal District Municipality) 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 (2001
Census). The district code is DC30. On 15 October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" (Afrikaans: Oosvaal) to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality. The district is named after the
ANC activist
Gert Sibande.