Uthukela District Municipality
The uThukela District Municipality is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Ladysmith. As of 2011, a majority of its 668,848 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC23.
Geography
Neighbours
uThukela is surrounded by:- Amajuba to the north
- uMgungundlovu to the east
- uMzinyathi to the south
- the kingdom of Lesotho to the south-east
- Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Emnambithi/Ladysmith (KZN232) | 225 459 | 34.32% | Zulu |
| Indaka (KZN233) | 113 643 | 17.30% | Zulu |
| Umtshezi (KZN234) | 59 923 | 9.12% | Zulu |
| Okhahlamba (KZN235) | 137 526 | 20.93% | Zulu |
| Imbabazane (KZN236) | 119 922 | 18.25% | Zulu |
| Giants Castle Game Reserve | 511 | 0.08% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.Politics
Election results
Election results for uThukela in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 350 092
- Total votes: 177 230
- Voting % estimate: 50.62% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 87 332 | 49.28% |
| African National Congress | 67 536 | 38.11% |
| Democratic Alliance | 9 823 | 5.54% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 3 747 | 2.11% |
| New National Party | 1 670 | 0.94% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1 170 | 0.66% |
| United Democratic Movement | 1 123 | 0.63% |
| Minority Front | 664 | 0.37% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 573 | 0.32% |
| Independent Democrats | 546 | 0.31% |
| PJC | 407 | 0.23% |
| Pan African Congress | 400 | 0.23% |
| NA | 309 | 0.17% |
| CDP | 303 | 0.17% |
| UF | 276 | 0.16% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 267 | 0.15% |
| SOPA | 260 | 0.15% |
| KISS | 246 | 0.14% |
| EMSA | 242 | 0.14% |
| TOP | 207 | 0.12% |
| NLP | 129 | 0.07% |
| Total | 177 230 | 100.00% |