Umkhanyakude District Municipality


The uMkhanyakude District Municipality is the northernmost of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Mkuze. It is a very rural district, the largest town being Mtubatuba in the south, with Hluhluwe, Mkuze, Jozini, Kwangwanase and Ingwavuma further to the north. The majority of its 573,353 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2001.
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Controversies

Umkhanyakude municipality lost R255 million Rands in unspent for infrastructure.

Geography

Neighbours

uMkhanyakude is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Jozini184 09332.11%Zulu
Hlabisa176 89930.85%Zulu
Umhlabuyalingana140 96224.59%Zulu
Mtubatuba35 2166.14%Zulu
The Big 5 False Bay31 1025.42%Zulu
St Lucia Park5 0800.89%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%
IsiZulu559 94997.66%
SiSwati3 7480.65%
English3 1820.55%
Afrikaans2 3040.40%
IsiNdebele1 3780.24%
Sesotho9030.16%
Sepedi5820.10%
IsiXhosa5610.10%
Setswana2590.05%
Xitsonga2300.04%
Other2080.04%
Tshivenda480.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Umkhanyakude in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 274 753
  • Total votes: 150 543
  • Voting % estimate: 54.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
Inkhata Freedom Party104 72169.56%
African National Congress36 89324.51%
Democratic Alliance3 3572.23%
African Christian Democratic Party1 3810.92%
United Democratic Movement1 0380.69%
Azanian People's Organisation4230.28%
New National Party3740.25%
Freedom Front Plus3430.23%
Independent Democrats3080.20%
Pan African Congress2340.16%
PJC2040.14%
SOPA1770.12%
KISS1760.12%
CDP1630.11%
United Christian Democratic Party1390.09%
EMSA1350.09%
UF1130.08%
Minority Front1120.07%
TOP1060.07%
NA910.06%
NLP550.04%
Total150 543100.00%