iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities

Districts of South Africa

South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...

 ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 province in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza . The majority of its 560 409 people speak Zulu

Zulu language

Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...

 (2001 census). The district code is DC29.

Neighbours

iLembe is surrounded by:

• Umzinyathi
  Umzinyathi District Municipality
  Umzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of Umzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu...
  
   to the north (DC24)
• the Indian Ocean
  Indian Ocean
  The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
  
   to the east
• eThekwini
  Ethekwini
  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 3,090,126 people speak Zulu...
  
   to the south (Durban)
• Umgungundlovu
  Umgungundlovu District Municipality
  Umgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Umgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 927 834 people speak Zulu...
  
   to the west (DC22)
• uThungulu
  UThungulu District Municipality
  Uthungulu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uThungulu is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu...
  
   to the north-west (DC28)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities

Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...

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Local municipality	Population	%
KwaDukuza KwaDukuza Local Municipality KwaDukuza Local Municipality is a municipality in the iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-Settlements within KwaDukuza:* KwaDukuza* Ballito* Darnall* Shakas Kraal* Groutville* Blythedale* Zinkwazi...	158 586	28.30%
Ndwedwe Ndwedwe Local Municipality Ndwedwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Primary kaolin deposits occur in Ndwedwe. Good quality material is found near Coqweni, Nozandla and Appelsbosch....	152 490	27.21%
Mandeni Mandeni Local Municipality Mandeni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Manufacturing, elementary work and plant and machine work are the highest non-farming categories of labour. Mandeni includes substantial areas of commercial agriculture, with the bulk of...	128 670	22.96%
Maphumulo Maphumulo Local Municipality Maphumulo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Maphumulo is an isiZulu name meaning "place of rest"....	120 640	21.53%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Zulu Zulu language Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...	484 402	86.44%
English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	48 297	8.62%
Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...	20 004	3.57%
Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...	3 578	0.64%
Ndebele Southern Ndebele language The Southern Ndebele language is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele . There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa:* the Northern Transvaal Ndebele or Nrebele...	1 184	0.21%
Other	707	0.13%
Northern Sotho Northern Sotho language Northern Sotho , also inaccurately known by the name of a major dialect, Pedi or sePedi, is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people — in the South African provinces of Gauteng,...	693	0.12%
Swati Swati language The Swazi or Swati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga and KaNgwane areas...	427	0.08%
Tsonga Tsonga language The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.- Classification :Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages...	408	0.07%
Sotho	379	0.07%
Tswana Tswana language Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi...	251	0.04%
Venda Venda language Venda, also known as or , is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. The majority of Venda speakers live in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo Province, but about 10% of speakers live in Zimbabwe. The Venda language is related to Kalanga which is spoken in Botswana...	56	0.01%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	299 572	53.46%
Male	260 837	46.54%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	509 951	91.00%
Indian/Asian	37 462	6.68%
White	10 406	1.86%
Coloured	2 590	0.46%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	63 172	11.27%
005 - 009	70 472	12.58%
010 - 014	71 672	12.79%
015 - 019	68 769	12.27%
020 - 024	51 863	9.25%
025 - 029	44 409	7.92%
030 - 034	34 767	6.20%
035 - 039	32 311	5.77%
040 - 044	26 364	4.70%
045 - 049	21 287	3.80%
050 - 054	19 708	3.52%
055 - 059	14 517	2.59%
060 - 064	13 614	2.43%
065 - 069	9 802	1.75%
070 - 074	8 611	1.54%
075 - 079	4 533	0.81%
080 - 084	2 909	0.52%
085 - 089	876	0.16%
090 - 094	420	0.07%
095 - 099	248	0.04%
100 plus	85	0.02%

Election results

Election results for iLembe in the South African general election, 2004

South African general election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....

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• Population 18 and over: 312 758 [55.81% of total population]
• Total votes: 166 460 [29.70% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 53.22% votes as a % of population 18 and over

  Party	Votes	%
  African National Congress African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...	78 343	47.06%
  Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...	69 110	41.52%
  Democratic Alliance	10 311	6.19%
  African Christian Democratic Party	2 113	1.27%
  United Democratic Movement	1 214	0.73%
  Minority Front	727	0.44%
  New National Party	570	0.34%
  Azanian People's Organisation	567	0.34%
  UF	542	0.33%
  Independent Democrats	466	0.28%
  Freedom Front Plus	401	0.24%
  United Christian Democratic Party	331	0.20%
  Pan African Congress	316	0.19%
  SOPA	280	0.17%
  CDP	247	0.15%
  EMSA	228	0.14%
  PJC	209	0.13%
  KISS	150	0.09%
  NA	133	0.08%
  TOP	120	0.07%
  NLP	82	0.05%
  Total	166 460	100.00%

External links

• iLembe DM Official Website
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results