Alfred Nzo District Municipality
The Alfred Nzo District Municipality is one of the 6 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 801,344 residents speak isiXhosa. The district code is DC44.
It is named after Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo, a former secretary-general of the African National Congress and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nelson Mandela's cabinet from 1994 to 1999.
Geography
The Alfred Nzo District Municipality contains the following towns: Mount Frere, Mount Ayliff, Maluti, Matatiele, Bizana and Tabankulu. It is the smallest and one of the poorest districts in the province.Neighbours
Alfred Nzo is surrounded by:- The kingdom of Lesotho to the north
- Harry Gwala District to the north-east
- Ugu District to the east
- OR Tambo District to the south
- Joe Gqabi District to the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % |
| Matatiele | 203,843 | 25.44% |
| Ntabankulu | 123,976 | 15.47% |
| Umzimvubu | 191,620 | 23.91% |
| Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | 281,905 | 35.18% |
After the 2011 municipal election, Alfred Nzo District was expanded by including Mbizana Local Municipality and Ntabankulu Local Municipality, previously part of OR Tambo District Municipality.
The district is a focus area for the Umzimvubu Catchment Partnership Programme, in which Conservation South Africa participates as part of catchment-restoration work including invasive alien plant clearing and grazing-land restoration.
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.Politics
Election results
Election results for Alfred Nzo in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 260 501
- Total votes: 172 001
- Voting % estimate: 66.03% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 151,605 | 88.14% |
| United Democratic Movement | 14,449 | 8.40% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 1,803 | 1.05% |
| Pan African Congress | 802 | 0.47% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 683 | 0.40% |
| Democratic Alliance | 533 | 0.31% |
| SOPA | 340 | 0.20% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 258 | 0.15% |
| New National Party | 201 | 0.12% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 200 | 0.12% |
| EMSA | 191 | 0.11% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 190 | 0.11% |
| PJC | 129 | 0.07% |
| NA | 125 | 0.07% |
| UF | 103 | 0.06% |
| TOP | 98 | 0.06% |
| Independent Democrats | 93 | 0.05% |
| CDP | 65 | 0.04% |
| KISS | 48 | 0.03% |
| Minority Front | 48 | 0.03% |
| NLP | 37 | 0.02% |
| Total | 172,001 | 100.00% |