King Cetshwayo District Municipality

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King Cetshwayo
uThungulu
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Map of KwaZulu-Natal with King Cetshwayo highlighted (2016).svg
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Richards Bay
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorVacant
Area
  Total8,213 km2 (3,171 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total907,519
  Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 94.4%
   Coloured 0.6%
   Indian/Asian 1.6%
   White 3.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
   Zulu 89.1%
   English 5.1%
   Afrikaans 2.3%
   Southern Ndebele 1.3%
  Other2.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC28

King Cetshwayo District Municipality (formerly Uthungulu District Municipality [4] ) is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of the district is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC28. It is named after Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879, who led his nation to victory against the British in the Battle of Isandlwana.

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Geography

Neighbours

King Cetshwayo District is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
uMhlathuze 289 18732.64%
Umlalazi 221 07724.95%
Nkandla 133 59615.08%
Mbonambi 106 94912.07%
Ntambanana 84 7729.57%
Mthonjaneni 50 3825.69%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the South African National Census of 2011.

LanguagePopulation%
Zulu 797 54589.11%
English 45 5735.09%
Afrikaans 20 2902.27%
Ndebele 11 8011.32%
Tswana 5 7710.64%
Northern Sotho 1 9890.22%
isiXhosa 1 9670.22%
Other 3 4820.39%
Sotho 1 2380.14%
Tsonga 7300.08%
Swati 7090.08%
Venda 4520.05%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female480 12252.90%
Male427 39747.10%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African856 99794.43%
White29 3753.24%
Indian/Asian14 3621.61%
Coloured5 0270.55%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 004105 29211.88%
005 - 009117 33813.24%
010 - 014116 67813.17%
015 - 019111 82812.62%
020 - 02483 1469.39%
025 - 02970 0387.91%
030 - 03453 8296.08%
035 - 03949 6675.61%
040 - 04442 5684.80%
045 - 04932 5523.67%
050 - 05426 9913.05%
055 - 05918 6082.10%
060 - 06418 5502.09%
065 - 06913 0651.47%
070 - 07411 9701.35%
075 - 0796 0940.69%
080 - 0844 9040.55%
085 - 0891 4580.16%
090 - 0947670.09%
095 - 0994750.05%
100 plus1260.01%

Sister City

King Cetshwayo District is officially a sister city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA ( Flag of the United States.svg Milwaukee, United States). The joining of the two cities was largely enacted from legislation in Wisconsin in collaboration with the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program. In 2009, Sister Cities International launched the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program, a three-year project to alleviate poverty in 25 African cities (including King Cetshwayo District) through water, sanitation and health initiatives. Milwaukee will collaborate with their African counterparts to identify and address the most critical problems in these sectors, which form barriers to sustained development in urban areas. This project is funded by a $7.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program is cited to end in middle of the year 2012.

Politics

Election results

Election results for uThungulu (King Cetshwayo District) in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
Inkhata Freedom Party 150 18759.57%
African National Congress 76 50330.34%
Democratic Alliance 14 5565.77%
African Christian Democratic Party 3 5531.41%
United Democratic Movement 1 7910.71%
Freedom Front Plus 7730.31%
Independent Democrats 6660.26%
New National Party 6330.25%
Azanian People's Organisation 5910.23%
Pan African Congress 4190.17%
SOPA 3060.12%
CDP 3040.12%
United Christian Democratic Party 2830.11%
KISS 2530.10%
Minority Front 2490.10%
UF 2410.10%
EMSA 2070.08%
PJC 2000.08%
NA 1720.07%
TOP 1560.06%
NLP 960.04%
Total252 139100.00%

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References

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