EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality


The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.

Etymology

In an 1859 Zulu grammar book, Bishop Colenso asserted that the root word iTeku means 'bay of the sea', from the name Mtheku, used by the Thabethe tribes clan, who were the leaders of the Nguni people. Furthermore the original local inhabitants noted that the locative form, eThekwini, was used as a proper name for Durban.
An 1895 English-Zulu dictionary translates the base word iteku as 'bay', 'creek', 'gulf' or 'sinus', while a 1905 Zulu-English dictionary notes that eTekwini is used for Durban.

Geography

eThekwini is surrounded by:

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Adams Rural31.1531,164Zulu
Amagcino0.64940Zulu
Amanzimtoti9.1913,813Zulu
Baphehli6.7111,834Zulu
Bhekulwandle2.114,859Zulu
Blackburn29.6823,960Zulu
Botha's Hill0.552,190Zulu
Cato Ridge20.183,874Zulu
Chatsworth42.73196,580English
Chuphulaka1.42275Zulu
Cibane8.46812Zulu
Clansthal18.753,211Zulu
Clermont6.9452,075Zulu
Cliffdale8.052,298Zulu
Clifton Heights0.347Zulu
Congo0.441,479Zulu
Craigieburn12.77,574English
Danganya21,847Zulu
Denge1.912,068Zulu
Desainager1.45984Zulu
Dimane1.9615Zulu
Diphini0.411,626Zulu
Drummond7.72955English
Durban225.91595,061English
Ebhobhonono2.653,207Zulu
Ediphini Section1.16963Zulu
Egwadeni Section0.61699Zulu
Ehlanzeni6.923,277Zulu
Ekwandeni2.754,892Zulu
eMachobeni9.258,321Zulu
Emagezeni0.821,192Zulu
Emalangeni2.547,009Zulu
Emangabazini1.011,988Zulu
Emvini7.062,905Zulu
Esidweni8.661,240Zulu
Esikhelekehleni4.293,629Zulu
Ethekwini13.071,803English
Ethekwini NU434.3811,200Zulu
Everton4.5870English
Ezakhiweni0.511,274Zulu
Ezihyathini2.26729Zulu
Ezimangweni1.094,107Zulu
Ezimbokodweni3.6612,882Zulu
Ezimpisini3.48788Zulu
Ezinyathini3.461,497Zulu
Ezitendeni0.631,542Zulu
Folweni3.430,402Zulu
Gasa Section0.561,442Zulu
Genazzano1.042,585English
Georgedale3.1210,354Zulu
Gillitts11.548,661English
Golokodo14.4435,055Zulu
Greylands14.032,185Xhosa
Gunjini16.148,031Zulu
Hambanathi3.7510,755Zulu
Harare A0.471,021Zulu
Harare B0.551,652Zulu
Hazelmere2.346,751Zulu
Hillcrest21.4413,329English
Illovo North8.2924,728Zulu
Imbozamo22.653,217Zulu
Inanda 1.2210,032Zulu
Inanda A26.81158,619Zulu
Inanda B8.039,767Zulu
Inchanga3.291,008English
Inkangala13.6745Zulu
Inthuthuko2.65710Zulu
Inwabi34.849,030Zulu
Iqadi B2.771,029Zulu
Isiqhoqhoqho2.451,725Zulu
Iziko0.84,369Zulu
Kamba0.19266Zulu
Kingsburgh11.6516,368English
Klaarwater13.5326,157Zulu
Kloof34.5129,704English
Kontinga0.41796Zulu
KwaCele0.72,543Zulu
KwaDabeka11.8754,953Zulu
KwaDlembe1.831,632Zulu
KwaLandeza0.311,947Zulu
KwaMashu21.47175,663Zulu
KwaMbiza1.572,377Zulu
KwaMtamtengayo7.441,443Zulu
KwaNdengezi13.9953,843Zulu
KwaNgcolosi2.61918Zulu
KwaNqetho3.973,977Zulu
Kwantamnteng1.58240Zulu
KwaNyuswa1.993,890Zulu
KwaSondela7.157,660Zulu
La Mercy27.732,779English
Lower Molweni2.861,729Zulu
Luganda2.76,165Zulu
Luthele0.32864Zulu
Luthuli0.941,222Zulu
Mabedlane A1.55380Zulu
Mabedlane B5.132,768Zulu
Mabedlane C3.573,168Zulu
Mabedlane D3.061,380Zulu
Mabedlane E0.86842Zulu
Madudubala11.333,580Zulu
Madundube57.9313,731Zulu
Madwaleni0.61,041Zulu
Magabeni1.744,928Zulu
Mahlabathini16.134,111Zulu
Malagazi4.8229,651Zulu
Malukazi3.3819,520Zulu
Mandlakazi B0.55399Zulu
Maromeni1.091,774Zulu
Matabetule22.2713,247Zulu
Mawothi15.275,050Zulu
Mgandeni15.012,649Zulu
Mgangeni36.8817,108Zulu
Mgezanyoni3.89221Zulu
Mkholombe3.322,072Zulu
Mlahlanja7.451,192Zulu
Mngcweni1.781,137Zulu
Molweni1.044,580Zulu
Molweni A0.551,302Zulu
Molweni B1.68247Zulu
Molweni C1.061,009Zulu
Molweni D0.4570Zulu
Mophela8.235,517Zulu
Motalabad0.49105Zulu
Mount Edgecombe8.347,323English
Mount Moreland0.85241English
Moya0.32744Zulu
Mpola A1.898,465Zulu
Mpola B0.43311English
Mpuma2.014,100Zulu
Mpumalanga21.6662,406Zulu
Mshazi7.083,873Zulu
Mshazi Skhambane4.591,333Zulu
Msunduzi3.626,058Zulu
New Glasgow4.782,101Zulu
Newlands East14.8152,566Zulu
Newlands West13.3350,627Zulu
Ngqungqulu0.45678Zulu
Nkangala0.761,806Zulu
Nkomokazi22.42596Zulu
Nonoti1.161,839Zulu
Nqobane4.771,758Zulu
Ntongela1.811,137Zulu
Ntshongweni A0.61568Zulu
Ntshongweni B3.41132English
Ntukuso3.813,446Zulu
Ntuzuma17.82125,394Zulu
Nungwane34.297,518Zulu
Ocean Drive-In0.211,085Zulu
Olwambeni9.481,590Zulu
Outer West Durban30.217,408English
Palmcliffe0.8264English
Panekeni0.652,567English
Phoenix30.16176,989English
Phola Mission2.987,320Zulu
Pinetown8.15144,026Zulu
Qhodela32.232,127Zulu
Queensburgh22.8854,846English
Redcliffe13.2814,220Zulu
Rietvallei0.631,568Zulu
Roseneath2.963,730Zulu
Salem0.39781Zulu
Sankontshe4.496,634Zulu
Senzokuhle25.077,141Zulu
Seventeen2.241,876Zulu
Sgubudwini2.971,592Zulu
Shongweni0.9724Zulu
Sithumba2.892,247Zulu
Siweni4.443,868Zulu
Siyanda1.0213,393Zulu
St. Lawrence2.482,081Zulu
Thandaza0.743,398Zulu
Thornwood0.331,608Zulu
Thusumuntu3.891,255Zulu
Tin Town0.28882Zulu
Tongaat11.7242,554English
Tongaat Beach0.72722English
Tshelimnyama4.1420,689Zulu
Umbhayi0.341,845Xhosa
Umbumbulu23.722,684Zulu
uMdloti1.591,778English
Umgababa South6.2310,814Zulu
Umgagaba2.841,552Zulu
Umgeni8.82811Zulu
uMhlanga16.7524,238English
Umkomaas6.142,716English
Umlazi47.46404,811Zulu
Umngeni1.83547Zulu
Umnini25.4717,416Zulu
Uthweba4.073,351Zulu
Verulam18.1337,273English
Vulindlala2.482,735Zulu
Waterfall14.47,525English
Wathanga1.712,983Zulu
Westbrook1.581,526English
Westville30.7630,508English
Ximba1.11,587Zulu
Zwelibomvu20.888,887Zulu

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
LanguagePopulation%
isiZulu2,140,29462.82%
English912,17326.77%
isiXhosa133,1363.91%
Afrikaans58,6881.72%
Other44,8501.32%
isiNdebele38,3801.13%
Sesotho30,8780.91%
Setswana17,3580.51%
Sign Language16,4860.48%
Sepedi6,6710.20%
siSwati2,6510.08%
Xitsonga3,7730.11%
TshiVenda1,7370.05%

Gender

As of 2011.
GenderPopulation%
Female1,759,95551.13%
Male1,682,40648.87%

Ethnic group

As of 2022
Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African3,030,59071.60%
Indian/Asian835,90719.70%
White252,3326.00%
Coloured104,3692.50%
Other11,5310.30%

Politics

The municipal council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

Election results

In the 2021 local government elections, the African National Congress lost their majority on the city council for the first time since the metro's establishment in 2000.
The following table shows the detailed results of the election.