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.
Controversies Umkhanyakude municipality lost R255 million Rands in unspent for infrastructure.
Geography Neighbours uMkhanyakude is surrounded by: The republic of Mozambique to the north The Indian Ocean to the east King Cetswayo to the south (DC28) Zululand to the west (DC26) the kingdom of Eswatini to the north-west
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageJozini 184 093 32.11%ZuluHlabisa 176 899 30.85%ZuluUmhlabuyalingana 140 962 24.59%ZuluMtubatuba 35 216 6.14%ZuluThe Big 5 False Bay 31 102 5.42%ZuluSt Lucia Park 5 080 0.89%
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%IsiZulu 559 949 97.66%SiSwati 3 748 0.65%English 3 182 0.55%Afrikaans 2 304 0.40%IsiNdebele 1 378 0.24%Sesotho 903 0.16%Sepedi 582 0.10%IsiXhosa 561 0.10%Setswana 259 0.05%Xitsonga 230 0.04%Other208 0.04%Tshivenda 48 0.01%
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 313 954 54.76%Male 259 399 45.24%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 568 853 99.22%White 3 235 0.56%Coloured 898 0.16%Indian/Asian 367 0.06%
Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 76 956 13.42%005 - 009 85 375 14.89%010 - 014 86 948 15.16%015 - 019 78 248 13.65%020 - 024 50 006 8.72%025 - 029 36 983 6.45%030 - 034 30 883 5.39%035 - 039 27 382 4.78%040 - 044 23 084 4.03%045 - 049 16 695 2.91%050 - 054 13 481 2.35%055 - 059 9 654 1.68%060 - 064 11 199 1.95%065 - 069 8 543 1.49%070 - 074 8 869 1.55%075 - 079 4 049 0.71%080 - 084 3 017 0.53%085 - 089 1 004 0.18%090 - 094 579 0.10%095 - 099 292 0.05%100 plus 106 0.02%
Politics Election results Election results for Umkhanyakude in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 274 753 [47.92% of total population] Total votes: 150 543 [26.26% of total population] Voting % estimate: 54.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%Inkhata Freedom Party 104 721 69.56%African National Congress 36 893 24.51%Democratic Alliance 3 357 2.23%African Christian Democratic Party 1 381 0.92%United Democratic Movement 1 038 0.69%Azanian People's Organisation 423 0.28%New National Party 374 0.25%Freedom Front Plus 343 0.23%Independent Democrats 308 0.20%Pan African Congress 234 0.16%PJC 204 0.14%SOPA 177 0.12%KISS 176 0.12%CDP 163 0.11%United Christian Democratic Party 139 0.09%EMSA 135 0.09%UF 113 0.08%Minority Front 112 0.07%TOP 106 0.07%NA 91 0.06%NLP 55 0.04%Total 150 543 100.00%
References
External links Umkhanyakude DM official website