Harry Gwala District Municipality

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Harry Gwala
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Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Harry Gwala highlighted (2016).svg
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Ixopo
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorZ D Nxumalo
Area
  Total
10,547 km2 (4,072 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
461,419
  Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 96.7%
   Coloured 1.6%
   Indian/Asian 0.3%
   White 1.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
   Zulu 62.7%
   Xhosa 28.6%
   English 3.2%
   Afrikaans 1.3%
  Other4.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC43

The Harry Gwala District Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wesiFunda sase Harry Gwala; Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Harry Gwala), formerly the Sisonke District Municipality, is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat is Ixopo. The majority of its 298,392 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC43. The district's name was changed in November 2015 in honor of African National Congress leader Harry Gwala.

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Harry Gwala is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant
language
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 113 44624.6% Zulu
Johannes Phumani Phungula 101 96522.34%Zulu
Greater Kokstad 56 52812.38% Xhosa
Umzimkhulu 174 33838.19%Xhosa

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
IsiZulu 220 29573.83%
IsiXhosa 50 43116.90%
English 12 0974.05%
Afrikaans 7 1882.41%
Sesotho 7 1822.41%
IsiNdebele 4290.14%
Sepedi 2960.10%
SiSwati 1450.05%
Other 1430.05%
Setswana 1350.05%
Tshivenda 260.01%
Xitsonga 180.01%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female160 00553.62%
Male138 38746.38%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African280 33293.95%
Coloured10 0813.38%
White6 9882.34%
Indian/Asian9910.33%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00435 44511.88%
005 - 00940 09713.44%
010 - 01441 50213.91%
015 - 01937 45612.55%
020 - 02425 6348.59%
025 - 02921 3067.14%
030 - 03417 3995.83%
035 - 03916 6075.57%
040 - 04413 9644.68%
045 - 04911 5793.88%
050 - 0549 6013.22%
055 - 0597 2632.43%
060 - 0646 4522.16%
065 - 0694 8211.62%
070 - 0744 2271.42%
075 - 0792 3910.80%
080 - 0841 7470.59%
085 - 0895280.18%
090 - 0942170.07%
095 - 0991220.04%
100 plus340.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Harry Gwala in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 52 53162.98%
Inkatha Freedom Party 21 43325.70%
Democratic Alliance 3 6284.35%
United Democratic Movement 1 7122.05%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 3501.62%
New National Party 3150.38%
Independent Democrats 3040.36%
Azanian People's Organisation 2990.36%
Freedom Front Plus 2960.35%
Pan African Congress 2910.35%
SOPA 1950.23%
United Christian Democratic Party 1650.20%
UF 1520.18%
EMSA 1180.14%
CDP 1160.14%
TOP 1160.14%
PJC 1080.13%
Minority Front 890.11%
NA 870.10%
KISS 580.07%
NLP 400.05%
Total83 403100.00%

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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