The Amajuba District Municipality () is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Newcastle. As of 2011, a majority of its 468,040 inhabitants speak isiZulu. The district code is DC25
Tourism The Amajuba District is marketed as a battlefields tourism destination. Amajuba is an isiZulu name meaning “a place of doves”. The impis of King Shaka named the area Amajuba in 1825. The area is also the site of a battle in which the Boers defeated the British in 1881.
Geography
Neighbours Amajuba is surrounded by: Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north (DC30) Zululand to the east (DC26) Umzinyathi to the south (DC24) Uthukela to the south-west (DC23) Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the west (DC19)
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageNewcastle 332 978 71.14%ZuluDannhauser 102 786 21.96%ZulueMadlangeni 32 276 6.90%Zulu
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%Zulu 418 215 89.35%English 19 388 4.14%Afrikaans 17 848 3.81%Sotho 6 897 1.47%Swati 1 715 0.37%Xhosa 1 598 0.34%Other746 0.16%Ndebele 701 0.15%Northern Sotho 424 0.09%Tswana 347 0.07%Tsonga 103 0.02%Venda 58 0.01%
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 243 891 52.11%Male 224 149 47.89%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%African 431 609 92.22%Caucasian 21 469 4.59%Indian/Asian 11 928 2.55%Coloured 3 034 0.65%
Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 52 102 11.13%005 - 009 56 841 12.14%010 - 014 56 912 12.16%015 - 019 56 815 12.14%020 - 024 45 785 9.78%025 - 029 38 031 8.13%030 - 034 30 130 6.44%035 - 039 27 487 5.87%040 - 044 25 040 5.35%045 - 049 20 881 4.46%050 - 054 16 384 3.50%055 - 059 11 858 2.53%060 - 064 10 378 2.22%065 - 069 7 285 1.56%070 - 074 5 414 1.16%075 - 079 3 107 0.66%080 - 084 2 400 0.51%085 - 089 681 0.15%090 - 094 300 0.06%095 - 099 138 0.03%100 plus 71 0.02%
Politics Election results Election results for Amajuba in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 267 712 [57.20% of total population] Total votes: 118 344 [25.29% of total population] Voting % estimate: 44.21% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 54 142 45.75%Inkhata Freedom Party 42 529 35.94%Democratic Alliance 12 134 10.25%African Christian Democratic Party 2 799 2.37%United Democratic Movement 1 515 1.28%Freedom Front Plus 1 053 0.89%New National Party 728 0.62%Azanian People's Organisation 497 0.42%Minority Front 456 0.39%Pan African Congress 424 0.36%UF 408 0.34%Independent Democrats 366 0.31%United Christian Democratic Party 205 0.17%NA 173 0.15%SOPA 168 0.14%PJC 159 0.13%CDP 157 0.13%TOP 137 0.12%EMSA 131 0.11%KISS 102 0.09%NLP 61 0.05%Total 118 344 100.00%
References
Municipal Demarcation Board Stats SA Census 2001 page Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results
External links Amajuba District Municipality Website