EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Metropolitan municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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 .
Etymology
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 .[ 5]
An 1895 English-Zulu dictionary translates the base word iteku as "bay", "creek", "gulf" or "sinus",[ 6] while a 1905 Zulu-English dictionary notes that eTekwini is used for Durban .[ 7]
Geography
eThekwini is surrounded by:
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places :[ 8]
Place
Code
Area (km2 )
Population
Most spoken language
Adams Rural
599179
31.15
31,164
Zulu
Amagcino
599188
0.64
940
Zulu
Amanzimtoti
599173
9.19
13,813
Zulu
Baphehli
599185
6.71
11,834
Zulu
Bhekulwandle
599184
2.11
4,859
Zulu
Blackburn
599050
29.68
23,960
Zulu
Botha's Hill
599109
0.55
2,190
Zulu
Cato Ridge
599092
20.18
3,874
Zulu
Chatsworth
599161
42.73
196,580
English
Chuphulaka
599021
1.42
275
Zulu
Cibane
599006
8.46
812
Zulu
Clansthal
599194
18.75
3,211
Zulu
Clermont
599114
6.94
52,075
Zulu
Cliffdale
599098
8.05
2,298
Zulu
Clifton Heights
599098
0.3
47
Zulu
Congo
599098
0.44
1,479
Zulu
Craigieburn
599195
12.7
7,574
English
Danganya
599190
2
1,847
Zulu
Denge
599093
1.91
2,068
Zulu
Desainager
599015
1.45
984
Zulu
Dimane
599069
1.9
615
Zulu
Diphini
599082
0.41
1,626
Zulu
Drummond
599097
7.72
955
English
Durban
599054
225.91
595,061
English
Ebhobhonono
599044
2.65
3,207
Zulu
Ediphini Section
599149
1.16
963
Zulu
Egwadeni Section
599141
0.61
699
Zulu
Ehlanzeni
599162
6.92
3,277
Zulu
Ekwandeni
599136
2.75
4,892
Zulu
eMachobeni
599057
9.25
8,321
Zulu
Emagezeni
599140
0.82
1,192
Zulu
Emalangeni
599126
2.54
7,009
Zulu
Emangabazini
599146
1.01
1,988
Zulu
Emvini
599023
7.06
2,905
Zulu
Esidweni
599164
8.66
1,240
Zulu
Esikhelekehleni
599081
4.29
3,629
Zulu
Ethekwini
599187
13.07
1,803
English
Ethekwini NU
599187
434.38
11,200
Zulu
Everton
599101
4.5
870
English
Ezakhiweni
599147
0.51
1,274
Zulu
Ezihyathini
599159
2.26
729
Zulu
Ezimangweni
599183
1.09
4,107
Zulu
Ezimbokodweni
599180
3.66
12,882
Zulu
Ezimpisini
599155
3.48
788
Zulu
Ezinyathini
599165
3.46
1,497
Zulu
Ezitendeni
599125
0.63
1,542
Zulu
Folweni
599125
3.4
30,402
Zulu
Gasa Section
599086
0.56
1,442
Zulu
Genazzano
599013
1.04
2,585
English
Georgedale
599120
3.12
10,354
Zulu
Gillitts
599117
11.54
8,661
English
Golokodo
599177
14.44
35,055
Zulu
Greylands
599001
14.03
2,185
Xhosa
Gunjini
599011
16.14
8,031
Zulu
Hambanathi
599003
3.75
10,755
Zulu
Harare A
599087
0.47
1,021
Zulu
Harare B
599088
0.55
1,652
Zulu
Hazelmere
599019
2.34
6,751
Zulu
Hillcrest
599100
21.44
13,329
English
Illovo North
599186
8.29
24,728
Zulu
Imbozamo
599025
22.65
3,217
Zulu
Inanda (Inanda Congo)
599036
1.22
10,032
Zulu
Inanda A
599037
26.81
158,619
Zulu
Inanda B
599077
8.03
9,767
Zulu
Inchanga
599096
3.29
1,008
English
Inkangala
599007
13.6
745
Zulu
Inthuthuko
599066
2.65
710
Zulu
Inwabi
599156
34.84
9,030
Zulu
Iqadi B
599040
2.77
1,029
Zulu
Isiqhoqhoqho
599134
2.45
1,725
Zulu
Iziko
599182
0.8
4,369
Zulu
Kamba
599118
0.19
266
Zulu
Kingsburgh
599172
11.65
16,368
English
Klaarwater
599158
13.53
26,157
Zulu
Kloof
599102
34.51
29,704
English
Kontinga
599142
0.41
796
Zulu
KwaCele
599089
0.7
2,543
Zulu
KwaDabeka
599113
11.87
54,953
Zulu
KwaDlembe
599128
1.83
1,632
Zulu
KwaLandeza
599124
0.31
1,947
Zulu
KwaMashu
599055
21.47
175,663
Zulu
KwaMbiza
599133
1.57
2,377
Zulu
KwaMtamtengayo
599166
7.44
1,443
Zulu
KwaNdengezi
599139
13.99
53,843
Zulu
KwaNgcolosi
599064
2.61
918
Zulu
KwaNqetho
599078
3.97
3,977
Zulu
Kwantamnteng
599167
1.58
240
Zulu
KwaNyuswa
599071
1.99
3,890
Zulu
KwaSondela
599074
7.15
7,660
Zulu
La Mercy
599016
27.73
2,779
English
Lower Molweni
599106
2.86
1,729
Zulu
Luganda
599157
2.7
6,165
Zulu
Luthele
599059
0.32
864
Zulu
Luthuli
599129
0.94
1,222
Zulu
Mabedlane A
599032
1.55
380
Zulu
Mabedlane B
599031
5.13
2,768
Zulu
Mabedlane C
599067
3.57
3,168
Zulu
Mabedlane D
599068
3.06
1,380
Zulu
Mabedlane E
599070
0.86
842
Zulu
Madudubala
599191
11.33
3,580
Zulu
Madundube
599169
57.93
13,731
Zulu
Madwaleni
599085
0.6
1,041
Zulu
Magabeni
599192
1.74
4,928
Zulu
Mahlabathini
599028
16.13
4,111
Zulu
Malagazi
599174
4.82
29,651
Zulu
Malukazi
599175
3.38
19,520
Zulu
Mandlakazi B
599130
0.55
399
Zulu
Maromeni
599042
1.09
1,774
Zulu
Matabetule
599038
22.27
13,247
Zulu
Mawothi
599035
15.2
75,050
Zulu
Mgandeni
599009
15.01
2,649
Zulu
Mgangeni
599027
36.88
17,108
Zulu
Mgezanyoni
599008
3.89
221
Zulu
Mkholombe
599076
3.32
2,072
Zulu
Mlahlanja
599022
7.45
1,192
Zulu
Mngcweni
599091
1.78
1,137
Zulu
Molweni
599061
1.04
4,580
Zulu
Molweni A
599065
0.55
1,302
Zulu
Molweni B
599043
1.68
247
Zulu
Molweni C
599103
1.06
1,009
Zulu
Molweni D
599107
0.45
70
Zulu
Mophela
599135
8.23
5,517
Zulu
Motalabad
599108
0.49
105
Zulu
Mount Edgecombe
599052
8.34
7,323
English
Mount Moreland
599017
0.85
241
English
Moya
599122
0.32
744
Zulu
Mpola A
599138
1.89
8,465
Zulu
Mpola B
599151
0.43
311
English
Mpuma
599084
2.01
4,100
Zulu
Mpumalanga
599123
21.66
62,406
Zulu
Mshazi
599029
7.08
3,873
Zulu
Mshazi Skhambane
599030
4.59
1,333
Zulu
Msunduzi
599046
3.62
6,058
Zulu
New Glasgow
599020
4.78
2,101
Zulu
Newlands East
599111
14.81
52,566
Zulu
Newlands West
599112
13.33
50,627
Zulu
Ngqungqulu
599062
0.45
678
Zulu
Nkangala
599060
0.76
1,806
Zulu
Nkomokazi
599168
22.42
596
Zulu
Nonoti
599045
1.16
1,839
Zulu
Nqobane
599153
4.77
1,758
Zulu
Ntongela
599080
1.81
1,137
Zulu
Ntshongweni A
599127
0.61
568
Zulu
Ntshongweni B
599144
3.41
132
English
Ntukuso
599048
3.81
3,446
Zulu
Ntuzuma
599056
17.82
125,394
Zulu
Nungwane
599181
34.29
7,518
Zulu
Ocean Drive-In
599018
0.21
1,085
Zulu
Olwambeni
599154
9.48
1,590
Zulu
Outer West Durban
599099
30.21
7,408
English
Palmcliffe
599197
0.8
264
English
Panekeni
599083
0.65
2,567
English
Phoenix
599051
30.16
176,989
English
Phola Mission
599039
2.98
7,320
Zulu
Pinetown
599116
8.15
144,026
Zulu
Qhodela
599024
32.23
2,127
Zulu
Queensburgh
599160
22.88
54,846
English
Redcliffe
599033
13.28
14,220
Zulu
Rietvallei
599090
0.63
1,568
Zulu
Roseneath
599193
2.96
3,730
Zulu
Salem
599143
0.39
781
Zulu
Sankontshe
599119
4.49
6,634
Zulu
Senzokuhle
599010
25.07
7,141
Zulu
Seventeen
599131
2.24
1,876
Zulu
Sgubudwini
599152
2.97
1,592
Zulu
Shongweni
599148
0.97
24
Zulu
Sithumba
599079
2.89
2,247
Zulu
Siweni
599047
4.44
3,868
Zulu
Siyanda
599110
1.02
13,393
Zulu
St. Lawrence
599072
2.48
2,081
Zulu
Thandaza
599121
0.74
3,398
Zulu
Thornwood
599150
0.33
1,608
Zulu
Thusumuntu
599075
3.89
1,255
Zulu
Tin Town
599104
0.28
882
Zulu
Tongaat
599002
11.72
42,554
English
Tongaat Beach
599014
0.72
722
English
Tshelimnyama
599137
4.14
20,689
Zulu
Umbhayi
599005
0.34
1,845
Xhosa
Umbumbulu
599170
23.72
2,684
Zulu
uMdloti
599049
1.59
1,778
English
Umgababa South
599171
6.23
10,814
Zulu
Umgagaba
599058
2.84
1,552
Zulu
Umgeni
599026
8.82
811
Zulu
uMhlanga
599053
16.75
24,238
English
Umkomaas
599196
6.14
2,716
English
Umlazi
599163
47.346
404,811
English
Umngeni
599041
1.83
547
English
Umnini
599189
25.47
17,416
Zulu
Uthweba
599094
4.07
3,351
Zulu
Verulam
599034
18.13
37,273
English
Vulindlala
599073
2.48
2,735
Zulu
Waterfall
599063
14.4
7,525
English
Wathanga
599132
1.71
2,983
Zulu
Westbrook
599012
1.58
1,526
English
Westville
599115
30.76
30,508
English
Ximba
599095
1.1
1,587
Zulu
Zwelibomvu
599145
20.88
8,887
Zulu
Demographics
Geographical distribution of home languages in eThekwini 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
As of 2011.[ 9]
Gender
Population
%
Female
1,759,955
51.13%
Male
1,682,406
48.87%
Ethnic group
As of 2022[ 9]
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
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
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.[ 10]
Election results
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.[ 11]
The following table shows the detailed results of the election.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
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
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Cities and towns eThekwini within South Africa Suburbs of Durban
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