Harry Gwala District Municipality


The Harry Gwala District Municipality, formerly the Sisonke District Municipality, is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat is Ixopo. The majority of its 298,392 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC43. The district's name was changed in November 2015 in honor of African National Congress leader Harry Gwala.
WWW sisonke.gov.za

Geography

Neighbours

Harry Gwala is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant
language
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma113 44624.6%Zulu
Johannes Phumani Phungula101 96522.34%Zulu
Greater Kokstad56 52812.38%Xhosa
Umzimkhulu174 33838.19%Xhosa

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%
IsiZulu220 29573.83%
IsiXhosa50 43116.90%
English12 0974.05%
Afrikaans7 1882.41%
Sesotho7 1822.41%
IsiNdebele4290.14%
Sepedi2960.10%
SiSwati1450.05%
Other1430.05%
Setswana1350.05%
Tshivenda260.01%
Xitsonga180.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Harry Gwala in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 157 807
  • Total votes: 83 403
  • Voting % estimate: 52.85% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress52 53162.98%
Inkatha Freedom Party21 43325.70%
Democratic Alliance3 6284.35%
United Democratic Movement1 7122.05%
African Christian Democratic Party1 3501.62%
New National Party3150.38%
Independent Democrats3040.36%
Azanian People's Organisation2990.36%
Freedom Front Plus2960.35%
Pan African Congress2910.35%
SOPA1950.23%
United Christian Democratic Party1650.20%
UF1520.18%
EMSA1180.14%
CDP1160.14%
TOP1160.14%
PJC1080.13%
Minority Front890.11%
NA870.10%
KISS580.07%
NLP400.05%
Total83 403100.00%