Ugu District Municipality
Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district code is DC21.
Ugu | |
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District municipality | |
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![]() Location of Ugu District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
Coordinates: 30°45′S 30°26′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Seat | Port Shepstone |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sithembiso Bhekizenzo Cele |
Area | |
• Total | 5,047 km2 (1,949 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 722,484 |
• Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 90.6% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.4% |
• White | 4.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 82.7% |
• English | 8.3% |
• Xhosa | 4.3% |
• Afrikaans | 2.1% |
• Other | 2.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC21 |
The largest towns in the municipality are Port Shepstone, Margate, Umzinto, Scottburgh and Harding.
Geography
The boundaries of the Ugu District Municipality which covers an area of 5866 square kilometres, coincide with the boundaries of the geographical area of the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. The municipality stretches 112 kilometres along the coast from Scottburgh in the north to Port Edward in the south and Harding in the west (interior).[3]
The municipality is 84% rural and 16% urban which is the pillar of its successful economy. The municipality consists of eighty one (81) municipal wards, which are in its local municipalities, namely Ray Nkonyeni, Umzumbe, Umdoni and Umuziwabantu . The region also includes forty two (42) traditional authorities.[3]
Topography
Being a coastal strip, the topography generally falls towards the coast and is segmented by many water courses (streams/rivers) resulting in numerous hills and valleys as well as very flat areas along the coast.
Neighbours
Ugu is surrounded by:
- Umgungundlovu to the north (DC22)
- eThekwini to the north-east (Durban)
- the Indian Ocean to the east
- OR Tambo in Eastern Cape to the south-west (DC15)
- Harry Gwala to the west (DC43)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
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Ray Nkonyeni | 308 675 | 37.70% | Zulu |
Umzumbe | 193 764 | 27.52% | Zulu |
uMuziwabantu | 92 322 | 13.11% | Zulu |
uMdoni | 78 875 | 8.85% | Zulu |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
Languages
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
IsiZulu | 588,483 | 82.69% |
English | 58,801 | 8.26% |
IsiXhosa | 30,440 | 4.28% |
Afrikaans | 14,616 | 2.05% |
IsiNdebele | 7,191 | 1.01% |
Setswana | 3,441 | 0.48% |
Sign language | 2,704 | 0.38% |
Other | 2,198 | 0.31% |
Sepedi | 1,558 | 0.22% |
Sesotho | 1,511 | 0.21% |
Tshivenda | 319 | 0.04% |
SiSwati | 229 | 0.03% |
Xitsonga | 214 | 0.03% |
Gender
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 383,323 | 53.06% |
Male | 339,161 | 46.94% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
African | 654,773 | 90.63% |
White | 35,723 | 4.94% |
Indian/Asian | 24,711 | 3.42% |
Coloured | 6,123 | 0.85% |
Other | 1,154 | 0.16% |
Age
Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000 - 004 | 76 009 | 10.80% |
005 - 009 | 91 171 | 12.95% |
010 - 014 | 94 511 | 13.42% |
015 - 019 | 90 364 | 12.84% |
020 - 024 | 60 699 | 8.62% |
025 - 029 | 49 685 | 7.06% |
030 - 034 | 39 537 | 5.62% |
035 - 039 | 38 238 | 5.43% |
040 - 044 | 32 451 | 4.61% |
045 - 049 | 25 936 | 3.68% |
050 - 054 | 24 122 | 3.43% |
055 - 059 | 19 163 | 2.72% |
060 - 064 | 18 861 | 2.68% |
065 - 069 | 15 046 | 2.14% |
070 - 074 | 13 976 | 1.99% |
075 - 079 | 6 998 | 0.99% |
080 - 084 | 4 522 | 0.64% |
085 - 089 | 1 631 | 0.23% |
090 - 094 | 688 | 0.10% |
095 - 099 | 291 | 0.04% |
100 plus | 102 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Ugu in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 385 659 [54.78% of total population]
- Total votes: 216 751 [30.79% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 56.20% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 124 925 | 57.64% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 59 740 | 27.56% |
Democratic Alliance | 17 121 | 7.90% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 3 678 | 1.70% |
Minority Front | 2 245 | 1.04% |
United Democratic Movement | 1 715 | 0.79% |
Independent Democrats | 1 218 | 0.56% |
Freedom Front Plus | 1 049 | 0.48% |
New National Party | 842 | 0.39% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 768 | 0.35% |
Pan African Congress | 480 | 0.22% |
SOPA | 448 | 0.21% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 424 | 0.20% |
EMSA | 382 | 0.18% |
UF | 380 | 0.18% |
PJC | 349 | 0.16% |
CDP | 281 | 0.13% |
TOP | 265 | 0.12% |
NA | 183 | 0.08% |
KISS | 155 | 0.07% |
NLP | 103 | 0.05% |
Total | 216 751 | 100.00% |
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Ugu District Municipality - Home". ugu.gov.za. Retrieved 2020-07-29.