Amajuba District Municipality


The Amajuba District Municipality is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Newcastle. As of 2011, a majority of its 468,040 inhabitants speak isiZulu. The district code is DC25
WWW amajuba.gov.za

Tourism

The Amajuba District is marketed as a battlefields tourism destination. Amajuba is an isiZulu name meaning “a place of doves”. The impis of King Shaka named the area Amajuba in 1825. The area is also the site of a battle in which the Boers defeated the British in 1881.

Geography

Neighbours

Amajuba is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Newcastle332 97871.14%Zulu
Dannhauser102 78621.96%Zulu
eMadlangeni32 2766.90%Zulu

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%
Zulu418 21589.35%
English19 3884.14%
Afrikaans17 8483.81%
Sotho6 8971.47%
Swati1 7150.37%
Xhosa1 5980.34%
Other7460.16%
Ndebele7010.15%
Northern Sotho4240.09%
Tswana3470.07%
Tsonga1030.02%
Venda580.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Amajuba in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 267 712
  • Total votes: 118 344
  • Voting % estimate: 44.21% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress54 14245.75%
Inkhata Freedom Party42 52935.94%
Democratic Alliance12 13410.25%
African Christian Democratic Party2 7992.37%
United Democratic Movement1 5151.28%
Freedom Front Plus1 0530.89%
New National Party7280.62%
Azanian People's Organisation4970.42%
Minority Front4560.39%
Pan African Congress4240.36%
UF4080.34%
Independent Democrats3660.31%
United Christian Democratic Party2050.17%
NA1730.15%
SOPA1680.14%
PJC1590.13%
CDP1570.13%
TOP1370.12%
EMSA1310.11%
KISS1020.09%
NLP610.05%
Total118 344100.00%