Sisonke is one of the 11
districtsSouth 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...
of
KwaZulu-NatalKwaZulu-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 of
South AfricaThe 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 Sisonke is Ixopo. The majority of its 298 392 people speak IsiZulu (2001
CensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC43.
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Sisonke is one of the 11
districtsSouth 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...
of
KwaZulu-NatalKwaZulu-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 of
South AfricaThe 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 Sisonke is Ixopo. The majority of its 298 392 people speak IsiZulu (2001
CensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC43.
Neighbours
Sisonke is surrounded by:
- Umgungundlovu
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 north-east (DC22)
- Ugu
Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 704 001 people speak IsiZulu...
to the south-east (DC21)
- OR Tambo
OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha . The vast majority of its 1 676 463 people speak Xhosa . The district is named after Oliver Tambo...
to the south (DC15)
- Alfred Nzo
Alfred Nzo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Alfred Nzo is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 550 392 people speak Xhosa...
to the south-west (DC44)
- The kingdom of Lesotho
Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...
to the north-west
- Uthukela
uThukela is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith. The majority of its 656 986 people speak IsiZulu...
to the North (DC44)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following
local municipalitiesIn 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...
:
| Local municipality |
Population |
% |
| Ingwe Ingwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Ingwe is an isiZulu name word that means leopard. The municipality was given the name because there were leopards in this area many years ago....
|
107 553 |
23.56% |
| Ubuhlebezwe Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Ubuhlebezwe is an isiZulu name meaning "The Beauty of the Land". The name is derived from Alan Paton's novel, Cry, The Beloved Country....
|
101 965 |
22.34% |
| Greater Kokstad Greater Kokstad Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Kokstad is derived from Dutch, and it means "town of Kok". It was named after Adam Kok III....
|
56 528 |
12.38% |
| Kwa Sani Kwa Sani Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Kwa Sani is an isiZulu name. "Kwa" means "at" and "Sani" means "San people". The name was chosen because it was easy to pronounce for overseas visitors to the World Heritage Site of...
|
15 303 |
3.35% |
| Umzimkhulu Umzimkhulu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umzimkhulu is an Xhosa language and an isiZulu name meaning “Big/Great house”....
|
174 338 |
38.19% |
| Mkhomazi Wilderness Area |
815 |
0.18% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001
censusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
.
| Language |
Population |
% |
| IsiZulu |
220 295 |
73.83% |
| IsiXhosa |
50 431 |
16.90% |
| English 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...
|
12 097 |
4.05% |
| 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...
|
7 188 |
2.41% |
| Sesotho |
7 182 |
2.41% |
| IsiNdebele |
429 |
0.14% |
| Sepedi |
296 |
0.10% |
| SiSwati |
145 |
0.05% |
| Other |
143 |
0.05% |
| Setswana |
135 |
0.05% |
| Tshivenda |
26 |
0.01% |
| Xitsonga |
18 |
0.01% |
Gender
| Gender |
Population |
% |
| Female |
160 005 |
53.62% |
| Male |
138 387 |
46.38% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group |
Population |
% |
| Black African |
280 332 |
93.95% |
| Coloured |
10 081 |
3.38% |
| White |
6 988 |
2.34% |
| Indian/Asian |
991 |
0.33% |
Age
| Age |
Population |
% |
| 000 - 004 |
35 445 |
11.88% |
| 005 - 009 |
40 097 |
13.44% |
| 010 - 014 |
41 502 |
13.91% |
| 015 - 019 |
37 456 |
12.55% |
| 020 - 024 |
25 634 |
8.59% |
| 025 - 029 |
21 306 |
7.14% |
| 030 - 034 |
17 399 |
5.83% |
| 035 - 039 |
16 607 |
5.57% |
| 040 - 044 |
13 964 |
4.68% |
| 045 - 049 |
11 579 |
3.88% |
| 050 - 054 |
9 601 |
3.22% |
| 055 - 059 |
7 263 |
2.43% |
| 060 - 064 |
6 452 |
2.16% |
| 065 - 069 |
4 821 |
1.62% |
| 070 - 074 |
4 227 |
1.42% |
| 075 - 079 |
2 391 |
0.80% |
| 080 - 084 |
1 747 |
0.59% |
| 085 - 089 |
528 |
0.18% |
| 090 - 094 |
217 |
0.07% |
| 095 - 099 |
122 |
0.04% |
| 100 plus |
34 |
0.01% |
Election results
Election results for Sisonke in the
South African general election, 2004Legislative 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....
.
- Population 18 and over: 157 807 [52.89% of total population]
- Total votes: 83 403 [27.95% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 52.85% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party |
Votes |
% |
African National CongressThe 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...
|
52 531 |
62.98% |
Inkhata Freedom PartyThe 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:...
|
21 433 |
25.70% |
| Democratic Alliance |
3 628 |
4.35% |
| United Democratic Movement |
1 712 |
2.05% |
| African Christian Democratic Party |
1 350 |
1.62% |
| New National Party |
315 |
0.38% |
| Independent Democrats |
304 |
0.36% |
| Azanian People's Organisation |
299 |
0.36% |
| Freedom Front Plus |
296 |
0.35% |
| Pan African Congress |
291 |
0.35% |
| SOPA |
195 |
0.23% |
| United Christian Democratic Party |
165 |
0.20% |
| UF |
152 |
0.18% |
| EMSA |
118 |
0.14% |
| CDP |
116 |
0.14% |
| TOP |
116 |
0.14% |
| PJC |
108 |
0.13% |
| Minority Front |
89 |
0.11% |
| NA |
87 |
0.10% |
| KISS |
58 |
0.07% |
| NLP |
40 |
0.05% |
| Total |
83 403 |
100.00% |