The uThukela District Municipality () is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Ladysmith. As of 2011, a majority of its 668,848 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is 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 municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageEmnambithi/Ladysmith (KZN232) 225 459 34.32%ZuluIndaka (KZN233) 113 643 17.30%ZuluUmtshezi (KZN234) 59 923 9.12%ZuluOkhahlamba (KZN235) 137 526 20.93%ZuluImbabazane (KZN236) 119 922 18.25%ZuluGiants Castle Game Reserve 511 0.08%
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 355 161 54.06%Male 301 825 45.94%
Age AgePopulation%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 PartyVotes%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
External links Official Website