Gert Sibande District Municipality is located in the Mpumalanga province and is comprised of seven local municipalities: Govan Mbeki, Chief Albert Luthuli, Msukaligwa, Dipaleseng, Mkhondo, Lekwa and Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme. It is bordered by Ekurhuleni Metro to the west and Sedibeng District Municipality to the south-west (both in the Gauteng province), northern Free State and Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality to the south-east (both in the Free State province), Ehlanzeni District Municipality to the north-east and Nkangala District Municipality to the north (both in the Mpumalanga province), Amajuba and Zululand District Municipalities in the KwaZulu-Natal province to the south-east, and Swaziland to the east. It is the largest of the three districts in theMpumalanga province. Highways that pass through Gert Sibande District Municipality include the N11, which goes through to the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal, the N17 from Gauteng passing through to Swaziland, and the N3 from Gauteng