eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

eThekwini
Metropolitan municipality

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Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E / 29.867°S 31.017°E / -29.867; 31.017Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E / 29.867°S 31.017°E / -29.867; 31.017
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Durban
Wards 103
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor James Nxumalo (ANC)
 • Deputy Mayor Nomvuzo Shabalala
 • Municipal manager Michael Sutcliffe
Area
 • Total 2,291 km2 (885 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 3,442,361
 • Density 1,500/km2 (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%
 • Other 4.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code ETH

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 (2001 census). It was formed from seven formerly independent local councils and tribal land.

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:

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Adams Mission 572011.56631Zulu
Amalanga 5720217.751,340Zulu
Amanzimtoti 5720310.1613,437English
Amaotana 572041.3910,643Xhosa
Amawoti 572050.941,038Zulu
Assegay 5720634.032,930English
Blackburn 572070.540 -
Bothas Hill 572087.381,992English
Cato Ridge 5720919.851,059Zulu
Cele/Vumengazi 5721063.1615,099Zulu
Chatsworth 5721147.05192,166English
Cibane 572128.661,050Zulu
Clansthal 572130.79272English
Clermont 572149.1957,536Zulu
Dassenhoek Part 1 572945.716,823Zulu
Dassenhoek Part 2 572155.3822,462Zulu
Desainager 572162.06994English
Drummond 5721716.411,943English
Durban 57218226.51536,644English
Elangeni 572199.032,249Zulu
Emalangeni 5722039.603,606Zulu
Embo/Nksa Isimahla 5722166.579,771Zulu
Emona 572223.843,188Zulu
Ezembeni 5722414.392,918Zulu
Folweni 572253.4628,759Zulu
Gcumisa 572263.81593Zulu
Genazano 572270.952,866English
Hambanathi 572281.378,568Zulu
Hazelmere 572291.795,128Zulu
Hillcrest 5723010.015,341English
Ilanga 5723112.6012,236Zulu
Inanda 5723224.43153,098Zulu
Inchanga 5723310.8121,987Zulu
Iqadi 57234113.1344,532Zulu
Khabazela 572357.31250Zulu
Kingsburgh 5723618.9223,812Zulu
Klaarwater 5723712.3112,169Zulu
Kloof 5723863.8635,623English
Kwadabeka 5723911.8252,617Zulu
KwaMakhutha 572408.0243,781Zulu
Kwa-Mashu 5724118.80175,913Zulu
KwaNdengezi 572427.9931,528Zulu
La Mercy 5724329.092,104English
Lamontville 572444.1832,991Zulu
Luganda 572453.136,121Zulu
Luthuli/Umnini Trust 5724638.4523,008Zulu
Macala-Gwala 5724715.809,359Zulu
Magabeni 572481.564,933Zulu
Malagazi 572493.4415,681Zulu
Mangangeni/Vumazonke 572508.393,111Zulu
Maphephetha 5725154.019,814Zulu
Maphunulo 572524.691,769Zulu
Mawotana 572532.338,913Zulu
Mawothi 5725411.4040,465Zulu
Molweni 5725511.4012,975Zulu
Mount Moreland 572560.77273English
Mpolo 572571.926,914Zulu
Mpumalanga 5725838.3099,720Zulu
Mt Edgecombe 5725912.893,874English
Mwawine 572600.701,460Xhosa
Naidooville 572611.122,417English
New Germany 572629.1312,592English
Newlands East 5726310.2322,444English
Newlands West 5726412.6237,425English
Ngcolosi 5726547.9020,166Zulu
Ngqungqulu 572663.441,455Zulu
Ntshongweni 5726713.71201English
Ntuzuma 5726817.60114,579Zulu
Oceans 572690.20823Zulu
Phoenix 5727029.65169,163English
Pinetown 5727171.85100,037Zulu
Qadi 5727217.347,170Zulu
Qiniselani Manyuswa 5727353.7225,878Zulu
Queensburgh 5727418.7629,519English
Redcliffe 572752.222,800Zulu
Roseneath 572765.067,303English
Siyanda 572771.1312,924Zulu
Sobonakhona 57278179.4064,162Zulu
Thoyana 572798.987,886Zulu
Tongaat Beach 572810.64735English
Tongaat 5728014.9941,055English
Tshelimnyama 572823.6512,731Zulu
Umbumbulu 572830.43304Zulu
Umdloti 572840.961,939English
Umgababa 572852.634,059Zulu
Umhlanga 5728615.0015,387English
Umkomaas 572877.443,027English
Umlazi 5728846.55388,687Zulu
Verulam 5728926.1154,645English
Westbrook 572901.561,266English
Westville 5729131.0337,517English
Ximba 5729295.2934,557Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 57223352.6623,209Zulu

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 1,7370.05%

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%
Other14,272 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 205 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 103 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 103 wards, while the remaining 102 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

Election results

Party of the elected councillor in each ward of the eThekwini Municipality in the municipal election of 2011.

In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of 61% of the vote and 126 seats on the council. The second-largest party was the Democratic Alliance (DA), which won 21% of the vote and 43 seats. The Minority Front, the Inkatha Freedom Party and the National Freedom Party also won notable shares of the vote.

The following table shows the detailed results of the election.[11][12]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 582,224 603,929 1,186,153 61.1 78 48 126
Democratic Alliance 195,770 212,409 408,179 21.0 17 26 43
Minority Front 54,979 48,064 103,043 5.3 6 5 11
National Freedom Party 47,688 43,606 91,294 4.7 0 10 10
Inkatha Freedom Party 41,638 38,532 80,170 4.1 1 8 9
Independent 17,226 – 17,226 0.9 1 – 1
African Christian Democratic Party 7,727 6,555 14,282 0.7 0 2 2
Truly Alliance 7,994 6,026 14,020 0.7 0 1 1
Congress of the People 3,428 3,882 7,310 0.4 0 1 1
African People's Convention 1,914 3,970 5,884 0.3 0 1 1
United Action Front 1,993 1,256 3,249 0.2 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 1,400 1,238 2,638 0.1 0 0 0
United Democratic Movement 1,455 1,087 2,542 0.1 0 0 0
African Christian Alliance 1,158 949 2,107 0.1 0 0 0
Freedom Front Plus 869 662 1,531 0.1 0 0 0
Socialist Green Coalition 531 492 1,023 0.1 0 0 0
Black Consciousness Party 245 671 916 0.0 0 0 0
Solidarity Party 172 400 572 0.0 0 0 0
United Residents Front 142 – 142 0.0 0 – 0
Total 968,553 973,728 1,942,281 100.0 103 102 205
Spoilt votes 15,755 12,864 28,619

Non-party politics

The shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has members in more than 30 settlements in eThekwini. Abahlali have campaigned vigorously against evictions, against forced removals and for basic services and ongoing democratic consultation. At times there has been serious conflict between Abahlali and the municipal government.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 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. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ethekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Ethekwini" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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