eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The majority of its 3,442,361 people speak Zulu. It was formed from seven formerly independent local councils and tribal land.

eThekwini itheku
Metropolitan municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Durban
Wards	103
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mxolisi Kaunda (ANC)
• Leader of the Official Opposition	Nicole Graham (DA)
• Chief Whip of the Official Opposition	Thabani Mthethwa (DA)
Area
• Total	2,291 km^2 (885 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	3,442,361
• Density	1,500/km^2 (3,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	73.8%
• Coloured	2.5%
• Indian/Asian	16.7%
• White	6.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	62.8%
• English	26.8%
• Xhosa	3.9%
• Afrikaans	1.7%
• Ndebele	1.1%
• Other	3.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	ETH

Etymology

The derivation of the word eThekwini is debated,[4][5] the name is said to mean either 'lagoon' or 'the one-testicled one', referring to the appearance of the Durban Bay.[6]

In an 1859 Zulu grammar book, Bishop Colenso asserted that the root word iTeku means "bay of the sea" and noted that the locative form, eTekwini, was used as a proper name for Durban.[7]

An 1895 English-Zulu dictionary translates the base word iteku as "bay", "creek", "gulf" or "sinus",[8] while a 1905 Zulu-English dictionary notes that eTekwini is used for Durban.[9]

Geography

eThekwini is surrounded by:

• iLembe (DC29) to the north
• the Indian ocean to the east
• Ugu (DC21) to the south
• Umgungundlovu (DC22) to the west

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[10]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Adams Mission	57201	1.56	631	Zulu
Amalanga	57202	17.75	1,340	Zulu
Amanzimtoti	57203	10.16	13,437	English
Amaotana	57204	1.39	10,643	Xhosa
Amawoti	57205	0.94	1,038	Zulu
Assegay	57206	34.03	2,930	English
Blackburn	57207	0.54	0	-
Bothas Hill	57208	7.38	1,992	English
Cato Ridge	57209	19.85	1,059	Zulu
Cele/Vumengazi	57210	63.16	15,099	Zulu
Chatsworth	57211	47.05	192,166	English
Cibane	57212	8.66	1,050	Zulu
Clansthal	57213	0.79	272	English
Clermont	57214	9.19	57,536	Zulu
Dassenhoek Part 1	57294	5.71	6,823	Zulu
Dassenhoek Part 2	57215	5.38	22,462	Zulu
Desainager	57216	2.06	994	English
Drummond	57217	16.41	1,943	English
Durban	57218	226.51	536,644	English
Elangeni	57219	9.03	2,249	Zulu
Emalangeni	57220	39.60	3,606	Zulu
Embo/Nksa Isimahla	57221	66.57	9,771	Zulu
Emona	57222	3.84	3,188	Zulu
Ezembeni	57224	14.39	2,918	Zulu
Folweni	57225	3.46	28,759	Zulu
Gcumisa	57226	3.81	593	Zulu
Genazano	57227	0.95	2,866	English
Hambanathi	57228	1.37	8,568	Zulu
Hazelmere	57229	1.79	5,128	Zulu
Hillcrest	57230	10.01	5,341	English
Ilanga	57231	12.60	12,236	Zulu
Inanda	57232	24.43	153,098	Zulu
Inchanga	57233	10.81	21,987	Zulu
Iqadi	57234	113.13	44,532	Zulu
Khabazela	57235	7.31	250	Zulu
Kingsburgh	57236	18.92	23,812	Zulu
Klaarwater	57237	12.31	12,169	Zulu
Kloof	57238	63.86	35,623	English
Kwadabeka	57239	11.82	52,617	Zulu
KwaMakhutha	57240	8.02	43,781	Zulu
Kwa-Mashu	57241	18.80	175,913	Zulu
KwaNdengezi	57242	7.99	31,528	Zulu
La Mercy	57243	29.09	2,104	English
Lamontville	57244	4.18	32,991	Zulu
Luganda	57245	3.13	6,121	Zulu
Luthuli/Umnini Trust	57246	38.45	23,008	Zulu
Macala-Gwala	57247	15.80	9,359	Zulu
Magabeni	57248	1.56	4,933	Zulu
Malagazi	57249	3.44	15,681	Zulu
Mangangeni/Vumazonke	57250	8.39	3,111	Zulu
Maphephetha	57251	54.01	9,814	Zulu
Maphunulo	57252	4.69	1,769	Zulu
Mawotana	57253	2.33	8,913	Zulu
Mawothi	57254	11.40	40,465	Zulu
Molweni	57255	11.40	12,975	Zulu
Mount Moreland	57256	0.77	273	English
Mpolo	57257	1.92	6,914	Zulu
Mpumalanga	57258	38.30	99,720	Zulu
Mt Edgecombe	57259	12.89	3,874	English
Mwawine	57260	0.70	1,460	Xhosa
Naidooville	57261	1.12	2,417	English
New Germany	57262	9.13	12,592	English
Newlands East	57263	10.23	22,444	English
Newlands West	57264	12.62	37,425	English
Ngcolosi	57265	47.90	20,166	Zulu
Ngqungqulu	57266	3.44	1,455	Zulu
Ntshongweni	57267	13.71	201	English
Ntuzuma	57268	17.60	114,579	Zulu
Oceans	57269	0.20	823	Zulu
Phoenix	57270	29.65	169,163	English
Pinetown	57271	71.85	100,037	Zulu
Qadi	57272	17.34	7,170	Zulu
Qiniselani Manyuswa	57273	53.72	25,878	Zulu
Queensburgh	57274	18.76	29,519	English
Redcliffe	57275	2.22	2,800	Zulu
Roseneath	57276	5.06	7,303	English
Siyanda	57277	1.13	12,924	Zulu
Sobonakhona	57278	179.40	64,162	Zulu
Thoyana	57279	8.98	7,886	Zulu
Tongaat Beach	57281	0.64	735	English
Tongaat	57280	14.99	41,055	English
Tshelimnyama	57282	3.65	12,731	Zulu
Umbumbulu	57283	0.43	304	Zulu
Umdloti	57284	0.96	1,939	English
Umgababa	57285	2.63	4,059	Zulu
Umhlanga	57286	15.00	15,387	English
Umkomaas	57287	7.44	3,027	English
Umlazi	57288	46.55	388,687	Zulu
Verulam	57289	26.11	54,645	English
Westbrook	57290	1.56	1,266	English
Westville	57291	31.03	37,517	English
Ximba	57292	95.29	34,557	Zulu
Remainder of the municipality	57223	352.66	23,209	Zulu

Demographics

Geographical distribution of home languages in eThekwini

Afrikaans   English

Xhosa   Zulu

  No language dominant

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language	Population	%
isiZulu	2,140,294	62.82%
English	912,173	26.77%
isiXhosa	133,136	3.91%
Afrikaans	58,688	1.72%
Other	44,850	1.32%
isiNdebele	38,380	1.13%
Sesotho	30,878	0.91%
Setswana	17,358	0.51%
Sign Language	16,486	0.48%
Sepedi	6,671	0.20%
siSwati	2,651	0.08%
Xitsonga	3,773	0.11%
TshiVenda	1,737	0.05%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	1,759,955	51.13%
Male	1,682,406	48.87%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	2,540,441	73.80%
Indian/Asian	573,334	16.66%
White	228,406	6.64%
Coloured	85,908	2.50%
Other	14,272	0.41%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	327,972	9.53%
005 - 009	262,210	7.62%
010 - 014	269,763	7.84%
015 - 019	318,540	9.25%
020 - 024	412,727	11.99%
025 - 029	395,580	11.49%
030 - 034	299,167	8.69%
035 - 039	247,382	7.19%
040 - 044	199,167	5.79%
045 - 049	174,931	5.08%
050 - 054	145,723	4.23%
055 - 059	119,971	3.49%
060 - 064	97,500	2.83%
065 - 069	63,493	1.84%
070 - 074	44,832	1.30%
075 - 079	27,567	0.80%
080 - 084	17,028	0.49%
085 - 089	7,783	0.23%
090 - 094	2,867	0.08%
095 - 099	851	0.02%
100 plus	972	0.03%

Politics

The municipal council consists of 219 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 110 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 110 wards, while the remaining 109 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.[11]

Election results

In the 2016 Municipal Elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of 56.01% of the vote and 126 seats on the council. The second-largest party was the Democratic Alliance (DA), which won 26.9% of the vote and 61 seats. The Inkatha Freedom Party, the Economic Freedom Fighters and the African Independent Congress also won notable shares of the vote.

The following table shows the detailed results of the election.[12][13]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	593,621	652,891	1,246,512	56.0	74	52	126
	Democratic Alliance	294,867	304,206	599,073	26.9	30	31	61
	Independent	93,432	–	93,432	4.2	4	–	4
	Inkatha Freedom Party	46,154	47,260	93,414	4.2	2	8	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	36,552	40,087	76,639	3.4	0	8	8
	African Independent Congress	13,772	16,673	30,445	1.4	0	3	3
	African Christian Democratic Party	6,147	5,956	12,103	0.5	0	1	1
	Minority Front	6,725	5,070	11,795	0.5	0	1	1
	Democratic Liberal Congress	6,714	4,801	11,515	0.5	0	1	1
	Truly Alliance	4,452	4,686	9,138	0.4	0	1	1
	Minorities of South Africa	3,870	3,018	6,888	0.3	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	1,695	2,922	4,617	0.2	0	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	2,284	2,003	4,287	0.2	0	1	1
	Others	10,768	14,979	25,747	1.1	0	0	0
Total		1,121,053	1,104,552	2,225,605	100.0	110	109	219
Spoilt votes		20,298	29,978	50,276

In a by-election held on 3 October 2018, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by the ANC candidate.[14] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party		Ward	PR list	Total
	African National Congress	75	52	127
	Democratic Alliance	29	31	60
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2	8	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	0	8	8
	Independent	4	–	4
	African Independent Congress	0	3	3
	African Christian Democratic Party	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	0	1	1
	Al Jama-ah	0	1	1
	Democratic Liberal Congress	0	1	1
	Minorities of South Africa	0	1	1
	Minority Front	0	1	1
	Truly Alliance	0	1	1
Total		110	109	219

See also

• Durban Industry Climate Change Partnership Project (DICCPP)
• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Mayor of eThekwini

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.
4. "SA row over 'bull testicle' name". BBC News. BBC. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
5. de Boer, Heinz (2007-08-22). "Embarrassing meaning of 'eThekwini' revealed". iol news. iol. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
6. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 432.
7. Colenso, John William (1859). "IV - Cases of nouns". First steps in Zulu-Kafir, an abridgment of the Elementary grammar of the Zulu-Kafir language. p. 12. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
8. Roberts, Charles (1895). An English-Zulu Dictionary: With the Principles of Pronunciation and Classification Fully Explained. Paul, Trench, Trübner. pp. 19, 58, 114, 208. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
9. Bryant, Alfred T. (1905). A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation. The Mariannhill Mission Press. p. 94. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
10. "Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa". Retrieved 2014-02-23.
11. "ANC scores comfortable win in eThekwini | IOL". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
12. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ethekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
13. "Seat Calculation Detail: Ethekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
14. "ANC eThekwini snatches DA ward in by-election". News24. 4 October 2018.

External links

• eThekwini Online The official site of Durban, South Africa