Uthukela District Municipality

uThukela is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith. The majority of its 668,848 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district code is DC23.

uThukela
District municipality
Seal
Location in the KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°33′S 29°46′E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Ladysmith
Local municipalities	List Emnambithi/Ladysmith Indaka Umtshezi Okhahlamba Imbabazane
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Dudu Mazibuko
Area
• Total	11,326 km^2 (4,373 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	668,848
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	95.1%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	2.4%
• White	1.7%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	90.5%
• English	4.7%
• Afrikaans	1.2%
• Southern Ndebele	1.1%
• Other	2.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC23

Geography

Neighbours

uThukela is surrounded by:

• Amajuba to the north (DC25)
• uMgungundlovu to the east (DC22)
• uMzinyathi to the south (DC24)
• the kingdom of Lesotho to the south-east
• Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the west (DC19)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Emnambithi/Ladysmith (KZN232)	225 459	34.32%	Zulu
Indaka (KZN233)	113 643	17.30%	Zulu
Umtshezi (KZN234)	59 923	9.12%	Zulu
Okhahlamba (KZN235)	137 526	20.93%	Zulu
Imbabazane (KZN236)	119 922	18.25%	Zulu
Giants Castle Game Reserve	511	0.08%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	355 161	54.06%
Male	301 825	45.94%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	79 502	12.10%
005 - 009	86 774	13.21%
010 - 014	88 382	13.45%
015 - 019	84 570	12.87%
020 - 024	58 816	8.95%
025 - 029	47 559	7.24%
030 - 034	38 476	5.86%
035 - 039	35 625	5.42%
040 - 044	30 466	4.64%
045 - 049	25 424	3.87%
050 - 054	21 699	3.30%
055 - 059	15 496	2.36%
060 - 064	14 379	2.19%
065 - 069	10 336	1.57%
070 - 074	8 896	1.35%
075 - 079	4 758	0.72%
080 - 084	3 964	0.60%
085 - 089	1 052	0.16%
090 - 094	477	0.07%
095 - 099	255	0.04%
100 plus	80	0.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for uThukela in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 350 092 [53.29% of total population]
• Total votes: 177 230 [26.98% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 50.62% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
Inkhata Freedom Party	87 332	49.28%
African National Congress	67 536	38.11%
Democratic Alliance	9 823	5.54%
African Christian Democratic Party	3 747	2.11%
New National Party	1 670	0.94%
Freedom Front Plus	1 170	0.66%
United Democratic Movement	1 123	0.63%
Minority Front	664	0.37%
Azanian People's Organisation	573	0.32%
Independent Democrats	546	0.31%
PJC	407	0.23%
Pan African Congress	400	0.23%
NA	309	0.17%
CDP	303	0.17%
UF	276	0.16%
United Christian Democratic Party	267	0.15%
SOPA	260	0.15%
KISS	246	0.14%
EMSA	242	0.14%
TOP	207	0.12%
NLP	129	0.07%
Total	177 230	100.00%

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

• Official Website