Uthukela District Municipality

uThukela District Municipality
District municipality
Location in the KwaZulu-Natal
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Ladysmith
Local municipalities	List Emnambithi-Ladysmith Indaka Umtshezi Okhahlamba Imbabazane
Population  (2001)
• Total	656,986
Racial makeup
• Black African	94.48%
• Indian/Asian	2.61%
• White	2.29%
• Coloured	0.62%
Languages
• IsiZulu	93.17%
• English	4.32%
• Afrikaans	1.34%
• Sesotho	0.48%
• IsiXhosa	0.15%
• Sepedi	0.14%
• IsiNdebele	0.14%
• SiSwati	0.07%
• Setswana	0.04%
• Tshivenda	0.01%
Time zone	UTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
Municipal code	DC23

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.

Geography

Neighbours

uTthukela is surrounded by:

• Amajuba to the north (DC25)
• Umgungundlovu to the east (DC22)
• Umzinyathi to the south (DC24)
• Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the west (DC19)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Emnambithi/Ladysmith	225 459	34.32%
Okhahlamba	137 526	20.93%
Imbabazane	119 922	18.25%
Indaka	113 643	17.30%
Umtshezi	59 923	9.12%
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

• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results