Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| SiSwati | 737 534 | 78.07% |
| Xitsonga | 64 987 | 6.88% |
| Sepedi | 40 513 | 4.29% |
| Afrikaans | 39 731 | 4.21% |
| English | 18 103 | 1.92% |
| IsiZulu | 16 311 | 1.73% |
| Sesotho | 16 092 | 1.70% |
| Setswana | 3 478 | 0.37% |
| IsiNdebele | 2 411 | 0.26% |
| Other | 2 407 | 0.25% |
| IsiXhosa | 2 260 | 0.24% |
| Tshivenda | 875 | 0.09% |
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