The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.
eThekwini iTheku Durban | |
|---|---|
| City of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | |
 Seal | |
.svg) Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E / 29.867°S 31.017°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Seat | Durban |
| Wards | 103 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mxolisi Kaunda (ANC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Zandile Myeni (NFP) |
| • Speaker | Thabang Nyawose (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,291.31 km2 (884.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,239,901 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 71.6% |
| • Coloured | 2.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 19.7% |
| • White | 6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 edit
In an 1859 Zulu grammar book, Bishop Colenso asserted that the root word iTeku means "bay of the sea", from the name Mtheku, used by the Thabethe tribes clan, who were the leaders of the Nguni people. Furthermore the original local inhabitants and noted that the locative form, eTekwini, was used as a proper name for Durban.[3]
An 1895 English-Zulu dictionary translates the base word iteku as "bay", "creek", "gulf" or "sinus",[4] while a 1905 Zulu-English dictionary notes that eTekwini is used for Durban.[5]
Geography edit
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 edit
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
Demographics edit
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 edit
As of 2011.[7]
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 1,759,955 | 51.13% |
| Male | 1,682,406 | 48.87% |
Ethnic group edit
As of 2022[7]
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 3,030,590 | 71.60% |
| Indian/Asian | 835,907 | 19.70% |
| White | 252,332 | 6.00% |
| Coloured | 104,369 | 2.50% |
| Other | 11,531 | 0.30% |
Age edit
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 0–4 | 327,972 | 9.53% |
| 5–9 | 262,210 | 7.62% |
| 10–14 | 269,763 | 7.84% |
| 15–19 | 318,540 | 9.25% |
| 20–24 | 412,727 | 11.99% |
| 25–29 | 395,580 | 11.49% |
| 30–34 | 299,167 | 8.69% |
| 35–39 | 247,382 | 7.19% |
| 40–44 | 199,167 | 5.79% |
| 45–49 | 174,931 | 5.08% |
| 50–54 | 145,723 | 4.23% |
| 55–59 | 119,971 | 3.49% |
| 60–64 | 97,500 | 2.83% |
| 65–69 | 63,493 | 1.84% |
| 70–74 | 44,832 | 1.30% |
| 75–79 | 27,567 | 0.80% |
| 80–84 | 17,028 | 0.49% |
| 85–89 | 7,783 | 0.23% |
| 90–94 | 2,867 | 0.08% |
| 95–99 | 851 | 0.02% |
| over 100 | 972 | 0.03% |
Politics edit
The municipal council consists of 222 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 111 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 111 wards, while the remaining 111 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.[8]
Election results edit
In the 2021 local government elections, the African National Congress lost their majority on the city council for the first time since the metro's establishment in 2000.[9]
The following table shows the detailed results of the election.[10][11][12]
| eThekwini local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 324,137 | 329,307 | 653,444 | 42.1% | 75 | 21 | 96 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 198,433 | 203,980 | 402,413 | 25.9% | 34 | 25 | 59 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 78,748 | 83,699 | 162,447 | 10.5% | 0 | 24 | 24 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 51,725 | 57,722 | 109,447 | 7.1% | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| Independent candidates | 32,987 | – | 32,987 | 2.1% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| ActionSA | 11,663 | 18,201 | 29,864 | 1.9% | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Active Citizens Coalition | 8,025 | 6,239 | 14,264 | 0.9% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 6,022 | 5,893 | 11,915 | 0.8% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 5,866 | 4,998 | 10,864 | 0.7% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Independent Congress | 2,524 | 7,809 | 10,333 | 0.7% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 5,131 | 4,418 | 9,549 | 0.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Justice and Employment Party | 3,959 | 4,763 | 8,722 | 0.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Liberal Congress | 4,739 | 3,439 | 8,178 | 0.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Democratic Change | 4,328 | 3,507 | 7,835 | 0.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Minority Front | 3,661 | 3,900 | 7,561 | 0.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Independent Movement | 2,919 | 2,895 | 5,814 | 0.4% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Minorities of South Africa | 3,084 | 2,226 | 5,310 | 0.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Freedom Party | 2,493 | 2,782 | 5,275 | 0.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| People's Revolutionary Movement | 1,903 | 2,184 | 4,087 | 0.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,954 | 2,021 | 3,975 | 0.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Truly Alliance | 1,822 | 1,871 | 3,693 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| KZN Independence | 1,541 | 2,127 | 3,668 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| People's Freedom Party | 2,058 | 1,558 | 3,616 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African People First | 829 | 2,171 | 3,000 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Jama-ah | 1,578 | 1,368 | 2,946 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent People's Party | 848 | 1,906 | 2,754 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 993 | 1,522 | 2,515 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cape Coloured Congress | 2,282 | – | 2,282 | 0.1% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Good | 1,192 | 1,071 | 2,263 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 1,193 | 962 | 2,155 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 899 | 990 | 1,889 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Activists Movement of South Africa | 917 | 603 | 1,520 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Freedom Revolution | 621 | 823 | 1,444 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Mantungwa Community | 531 | 646 | 1,177 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black First Land First | 376 | 728 | 1,104 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 182 | 898 | 1,080 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 374 | 626 | 1,000 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Advanced Dynamic Alliance | 486 | 481 | 967 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 247 | 521 | 768 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allied Movement for Change | 510 | 251 | 761 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Organic Humanity Movement | 323 | 408 | 731 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Academic Congress Union | 289 | 379 | 668 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Congress | 290 | 343 | 633 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Movement | 285 | 298 | 583 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 352 | 203 | 555 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 291 | 260 | 551 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| God Save Africa | 168 | 376 | 544 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Cultural Movement | 119 | 294 | 413 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Federal Convention | 64 | 323 | 387 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| International Party | 19 | 364 | 383 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Basic Republicans | – | 207 | 207 | 0.0% | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Spectrum National Party | 19 | 175 | 194 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Federal Party SA | 12 | – | 12 | 0.0% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Land Party | 4 | – | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 776,015 | 774,736 | 1,550,751 | 111 | 111 | 222 | ||
| Valid votes | 776,015 | 774,736 | 1,550,751 | 97.9% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 14,555 | 18,841 | 33,396 | 2.1% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 790,570 | 793,577 | 1,584,147 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 804,545 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 1,909,125 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 42.1% | |||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bryant, Alfred T. (1905). A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation. The Mariannhill Mission Press. p. 94. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ "Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa". Retrieved 2014-02-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "eThekwini". Adrian Frith. n.d. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ "ANC scores comfortable win in eThekwini | IOL". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "ANC loses outright control of KZN's eThekwini Metro". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Voter Turnout Report" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links edit
- eThekwini Online The official site of Durban, South Africa
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