King Cetshwayo District Municipality
King Cetshwayo District Municipality is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of the district is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu. The district code is DC28. It is named after Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879, who led his nation to victory against the British in the Battle of Isandlwana.
Geography
Neighbours
King Cetshwayo District is surrounded by:- iLembe to the south
- Umkhanyakude to the northeast
- The Indian Ocean to the east
- Umzinyathi to the west
- Zululand to the north
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % |
| uMhlathuze | 289 187 | 32.64% |
| Umlalazi | 221 077 | 24.95% |
| Nkandla | 133 596 | 15.08% |
| Mbonambi | 106 949 | 12.07% |
| Ntambanana | 84 772 | 9.57% |
| Mthonjaneni | 50 382 | 5.69% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the South African National Census of 2011.| Language | Population | % |
| Zulu | 797 545 | 89.11% |
| English | 45 573 | 5.09% |
| Afrikaans | 20 290 | 2.27% |
| Ndebele | 11 801 | 1.32% |
| Tswana | 5 771 | 0.64% |
| Northern Sotho | 1 989 | 0.22% |
| isiXhosa | 1 967 | 0.22% |
| Other | 3 482 | 0.39% |
| Sotho | 1 238 | 0.14% |
| Tsonga | 730 | 0.08% |
| Swati | 709 | 0.08% |
| Venda | 452 | 0.05% |
Sister City
King Cetshwayo District is officially a sister city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The joining of the two cities was largely enacted from legislation in Wisconsin in collaboration with the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program. In 2009, Sister Cities International launched the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program, a three-year project to alleviate poverty in 25 African cities through water, sanitation and health initiatives. Milwaukee will collaborate with their African counterparts to identify and address the most critical problems in these sectors, which form barriers to sustained development in urban areas. This project is funded by a $7.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program is cited to end in middle of the year 2012.Politics
Election results
Election results for uThungulu in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 477 576
- Total votes: 252 139
- Voting % estimate: 52.80% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 150 187 | 59.57% |
| African National Congress | 76 503 | 30.34% |
| Democratic Alliance | 14 556 | 5.77% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3 553 | 1.41% |
| United Democratic Movement | 1 791 | 0.71% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 773 | 0.31% |
| Independent Democrats | 666 | 0.26% |
| New National Party | 633 | 0.25% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 591 | 0.23% |
| Pan African Congress | 419 | 0.17% |
| SOPA | 306 | 0.12% |
| CDP | 304 | 0.12% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 283 | 0.11% |
| KISS | 253 | 0.10% |
| Minority Front | 249 | 0.10% |
| UF | 241 | 0.10% |
| EMSA | 207 | 0.08% |
| PJC | 200 | 0.08% |
| NA | 172 | 0.07% |
| TOP | 156 | 0.06% |
| NLP | 96 | 0.04% |
| Total | 252 139 | 100.00% |