Umzinyathi District Municipality

uMzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uMzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC24

uMzinyathi
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Dundee
Local municipalities	List Endumeni Nquthu Msinga Umvoti
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mbangiseni Shadrack Yengwa
Area
• Total	8,589 km^2 (3,316 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	510,838
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	96.6%
• Coloured	0.5%
• Indian/Asian	1.3%
• White	1.4%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	91.0%
• English	3.1%
• Sotho	2.3%
• Afrikaans	1.0%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC24

Geography

Neighbours

Umzinyathi is surrounded by:

• Amajuba in the north (DC25)
• Zululand in the north-east (DC26)
• uThungulu in the east (DC28)
• iLembe in the south-east (DC29)
• uMgungundlovu in the south-west (DC22)
• Uthukela in the west (DC23)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Msinga	168 022	36.81%
Nqutu	145 033	31.77%
Umvoti	92 292	20.22%
Endumeni	51 110	11.20%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
IsiZulu	422 801	92.63%
Sesotho	13 241	2.90%
English	12 025	2.63%
Afrikaans	4 843	1.06%
IsiNdebele	937	0.21%
IsiXhosa	645	0.14%
Sepedi	634	0.14%
Other	618	0.14%
SiSwati	459	0.10%
Setswana	172	0.04%
Xitsonga	51	0.01%
Tshivenda	31	0.01%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	255 660	56.01%
Male	200 792	43.99%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	439 889	96.37%
White	7 336	1.61%
Indian/Asian	6 593	1.44%
Coloured	2 634	0.58%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	60 159	13.18%
005 - 009	67 630	14.82%
010 - 014	66 994	14.68%
015 - 019	59 156	12.96%
020 - 024	36 022	7.89%
025 - 029	27 821	6.10%
030 - 034	22 830	5.00%
035 - 039	22 211	4.87%
040 - 044	18 051	3.95%
045 - 049	16 182	3.55%
050 - 054	13 935	3.05%
055 - 059	10 810	2.37%
060 - 064	10 531	2.31%
065 - 069	7 612	1.67%
070 - 074	7 345	1.61%
075 - 079	4 253	0.93%
080 - 084	3 252	0.71%
085 - 089	896	0.20%
090 - 094	391	0.09%
095 - 099	274	0.06%
100 plus	97	0.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Umzinyathi in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 224 263 [49.13% of total population]
• Total votes: 122 689 [26.88% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 54.71% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
Inkhata Freedom Party	79 544	64.83%
African National Congress	29 618	24.14%
Democratic Alliance	6 884	5.61%
African Christian Democratic Party	1 917	1.56%
United Democratic Movement	739	0.60%
Freedom Front Plus	645	0.53%
New National Party	577	0.47%
Azanian People's Organisation	351	0.29%
Minority Front	303	0.25%
Independent Democrats	291	0.24%
PJC	240	0.20%
Pan African Congress	226	0.18%
United Christian Democratic Party	202	0.16%
SOPA	181	0.15%
CDP	173	0.14%
KISS	172	0.14%
UF	148	0.12%
NA	147	0.12%
EMSA	133	0.11%
TOP	128	0.10%
NLP	70	0.06%
Total	122 689	100.00%

See also

• Municipal Demarcation Board

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

• Official Website