West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort (which is part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality). The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein. The most spoken language among its population of 820,995 is Tswana (2011 census). The district code is CBDC8. Geography Neighbours West Rand is surrounded by: Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the north Tshwane (Pretoria) to the north-east Johannesburg to the east Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-east Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south-west Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities: Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 census. Gender Ethnic group Age Politics Election results Election results for the West Rand District Municipality in the 2021 South African municipal elections. References External links West Rand DM Official Website District municipalities of Gauteng Greater Johannesburg