Uthukela District Municipality
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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 656 986 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census
). The district code is DC23.
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Districts of South Africa
South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...
of the 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....
province of 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...
. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is north-west of Durban and south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textile and tyre production...
. The majority of its 656 986 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC23.
Neighbours
uThukela is surrounded by:- AmajubaAmajuba District MunicipalityAmajuba is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Amajuba is Newcastle. The majority of its 468 040 people speak Zulu . The district code is DC25-Tourism:...
to the north (DC25) - UmgungundlovuUmgungundlovu District MunicipalityUmgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Umgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 927 834 people speak Zulu...
to the east (DC22) - UmzinyathiUmzinyathi District MunicipalityUmzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of Umzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu...
to the south (DC24) - Thabo MofutsanyaneThabo Mofutsanyane District MunicipalityThabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is Witsieshoek. The majority of its 725 932 people speak Sesotho...
in the Free StateFree StateThe Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...
to the west (DC19)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalitiesLocal municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...
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| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Emnambithi/Ladysmith | 225 459 | 34.32% |
| Okhahlamba Okhahlamba Local Municipality Okhahlamba Local Municipality is a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- Spion Kop :This large battlefield located some 30 km outside Ladysmith contains the mass graves of British soldiers, individual graves as well as a number of memorials,... |
137 526 | 20.93% |
| Imbabazane Imbabazane Local Municipality Imbabazane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Imbabazane is the name of an African tree.-References:... |
119 922 | 18.25% |
| Indaka Indaka Local Municipality Indaka Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Indaka River that runs through the municipal area.... |
113 643 | 17.30% |
| Umtshezi Umtshezi Local Municipality Umtshezi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. uMtshezi is an isiZulu name word for Bushman or San. The name uMtshezi refers to the Bushman River.... |
59 923 | 9.12% |
| Giants Castle Game Reserve | 511 | 0.08% |
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% |
Election results
Election results for uThukela in the South African general election, 2004South African general election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....
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- 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 Inkatha Freedom PartyThe Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...
87 332 49.28% African National Congress African National CongressThe African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
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%