ILembe District Municipality
District municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Location of ILembe District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
List
- Mandeni
- KwaDukuza
- Ndwedwe
- Maphumulo
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(2011)[2]
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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 Noth-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
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "ILembe District Municipality". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "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
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and local
Ugu | |
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Umgungundlovu | |
Uthukela | |
Umzinyathi | |
Amajuba | |
Zululand | |
Umkhanyakude | |
King Cetshwayo | |
iLembe | |
Harry Gwala |