ILembe District Municipality

iLembe
District municipality
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Location of ILembe District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°20′S31°17′E / 29.333°S 31.283°E / -29.333; 31.283
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	KwaDukuza
Local municipalities	List Mandeni KwaDukuza Ndwedwe Maphumulo
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sibusiso Welcome Mdabe
Area
• Total	3,269 km2 (1,262 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	606,809
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
•  Black African	90.8%
•  Coloured	0.5%
•  Indian/Asian	5.9%
•  White	2.4%
First languages (2011) [2]
•  Zulu	82.2%
•  English	9.6%
•  Xhosa	3.3%
•  Southern Ndebele	1.2%
• Other	3.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC29

iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza. ^[3] The majority (82%) of its 606,809 people speak isiZulu as their first language (2011 census). The district code is DC29. It was formerly named the King Shaka District Municipality. ^[4]

Geography

Neighbours

iLembe is surrounded by:

• Umzinyathi to the north (DC24)
• the Indian Ocean to the east
• eThekwini to the south (Durban)
• Umgungundlovu to the west (DC22)
• King Cetshwayo District Municipality to the north-east (DC28)
• Umlalazi to the North-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
KwaDukuza	231 187	38.10%
Ndwedwe	140 820	23.21%
Mandeni	138 078	22.75%
Maphumulo	96 724	15.94%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language	Population	%
Zulu	496 834	82.18%
English	58 227	9.63%
Xhosa	20 005	3.31%
Ndebele	7 145	1.18%
Afrikaans	5 210	0.86%
Other	4 465	0.74%
Sign language	4 340	0.72%
Tswana	3 156	0.52%
Tsonga	1 916	0.32%
Sotho	1 062	0.18%
Swati	624	0.10%
Venda	261	0.04%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	317 801	52.37%
Male	289 009	47.63%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	550 758	90.76%
Indian/Asian	35 911	5.92%
White	14 713	2.42%
Coloured	3 222	0.53%
Other	2 205	0.36%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	63 172	11.27%
005 - 009	70 472	12.58%
010 - 014	71 672	12.79%
015 - 019	68 769	12.27%
020 - 024	51 863	9.25%
025 - 029	44 409	7.92%
030 - 034	34 767	6.20%
035 - 039	32 311	5.77%
040 - 044	26 364	4.70%
045 - 049	21 287	3.80%
050 - 054	19 708	3.52%
055 - 059	14 517	2.59%
060 - 064	13 614	2.43%
065 - 069	9 802	1.75%
070 - 074	8 611	1.54%
075 - 079	4 533	0.81%
080 - 084	2 909	0.52%
085 - 089	876	0.16%
090 - 094	420	0.07%
095 - 099	248	0.04%
100 plus	85	0.02%

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 312 758 [55.81% of total population]
• Total votes: 166 460 [29.70% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 53.22% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	78 343	47.06%
Inkhata Freedom Party	69 110	41.52%
Democratic Alliance	10 311	6.19%
African Christian Democratic Party	2 113	1.27%
United Democratic Movement	1 214	0.73%
Minority Front	727	0.44%
New National Party	570	0.34%
Azanian People's Organisation	567	0.34%
UF	542	0.33%
Independent Democrats	466	0.28%
Freedom Front Plus	401	0.24%
United Christian Democratic Party	331	0.20%
Pan African Congress	316	0.19%
SOPA	280	0.17%
CDP	247	0.15%
EMSA	228	0.14%
PJC	209	0.13%
KISS	150	0.09%
NA	133	0.08%
TOP	120	0.07%
NLP	82	0.05%
Total	166 460	100.00%

See also

• Municipal Demarcation Board

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "ILembe District Municipality". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
4. "Ilembe Case Study" (PDF). The Water Dialogues. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-16.

External links

• iLembe DM Official Website