Umzumbe Local Municipality
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Umzumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District
of KwaZulu-Natal
in South Africa
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The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River.
Income levels in Umzumbe are very low, and reflect a situation of acute impoverishment. Almost 60% of all households have an income of less than R
500 per month. Households rely for survival on pension and other welfare grants, migrant remittances, informal earnings and casual employment wages.
Ugu District Municipality
Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 704 001 people speak IsiZulu...
of KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River.
Income levels in Umzumbe are very low, and reflect a situation of acute impoverishment. Almost 60% of all households have an income of less than R
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...
500 per month. Households rely for survival on pension and other welfare grants, migrant remittances, informal earnings and casual employment wages.