Ugu District Municipality

Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district code is DC21.

This article is about a place in South Africa. For other uses, see Ugu (disambiguation).
Ugu
District municipality
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Location of Ugu District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 30°45′S 30°26′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
SeatPort Shepstone
Local municipalities
List
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSizwe Ngcobo
Area
 • Total5,047 km2 (1,949 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total722,484
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African90.6%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian3.4%
 • White4.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu82.7%
 • English8.3%
 • Xhosa4.3%
 • Afrikaans2.1%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC21

The largest towns in the municipality are Port Shepstone, Margate, Umzinto, Scottburgh and Harding.

Geography

The boundaries of the Ugu District Municipality which covers an area of 5866 square kilometres, coincide with the boundaries of the geographical area of the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. The municipality stretches 112 kilometres along the coast from Scottburgh in the north to Port Edward in the south and Harding in the west (interior).[3]

The municipality is 84% rural and 16% urban which is the pillar of its successful economy. The municipality consists of eighty one (81) municipal wards, which are in its local municipalities, namely Ray Nkonyeni, Umzumbe, Umdoni and Umuziwabantu . The region also includes forty two (42) traditional authorities.[3]

Topography

Being a coastal strip, the topography generally falls towards the coast and is segmented by many water courses (streams/rivers) resulting in numerous hills and valleys as well as very flat areas along the coast.

Mismanagement

In 2020, the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) released a report in which various corruption-related matters in the municipality were addressed.[4] In the wake of the report the municipal manager, mr D.D. Naidoo, was removed from his post. The municipality is suffering from poor service delivery as a direct consequence of its poor management and defective tender procedures.[4]

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Ray Nkonyeni308 67537.70%Zulu
Umzumbe193 76427.52%Zulu
uMuziwabantu92 32213.11%Zulu
uMdoni78 8758.85%Zulu

Neighbours

Ugu is surrounded by:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Languages
Language Population %
IsiZulu588,48382.69%
English58,8018.26%
IsiXhosa30,4404.28%
Afrikaans14,6162.05%
IsiNdebele7,1911.01%
Setswana3,4410.48%
Sign language2,7040.38%
Other2,1980.31%
Sepedi1,5580.22%
Sesotho1,5110.21%
Tshivenda3190.04%
SiSwati2290.03%
Xitsonga2140.03%

Gender
Gender Population %
Female383,32353.06%
Male339,16146.94%

Ethnic group
Ethnic group Population %
African654,77390.63%
White35,7234.94%
Indian/Asian24,7113.42%
Coloured6,1230.85%
Other1,1540.16%

Age
Age Population %
000 - 00476 00910.80%
005 - 00991 17112.95%
010 - 01494 51113.42%
015 - 01990 36412.84%
020 - 02460 6998.62%
025 - 02949 6857.06%
030 - 03439 5375.62%
035 - 03938 2385.43%
040 - 04432 4514.61%
045 - 04925 9363.68%
050 - 05424 1223.43%
055 - 05919 1632.72%
060 - 06418 8612.68%
065 - 06915 0462.14%
070 - 07413 9761.99%
075 - 0796 9980.99%
080 - 0844 5220.64%
085 - 0891 6310.23%
090 - 0946880.10%
095 - 0992910.04%
100 plus1020.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Ugu in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 385 659 [54.78% of total population]
  • Total votes: 216 751 [30.79% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 56.20% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress124 92557.64%
Inkhata Freedom Party59 74027.56%
Democratic Alliance17 1217.90%
African Christian Democratic Party3 6781.70%
Minority Front2 2451.04%
United Democratic Movement1 7150.79%
Independent Democrats1 2180.56%
Freedom Front Plus1 0490.48%
New National Party8420.39%
Azanian People's Organisation7680.35%
Pan African Congress4800.22%
SOPA4480.21%
United Christian Democratic Party4240.20%
EMSA3820.18%
UF3800.18%
PJC3490.16%
CDP2810.13%
TOP2650.12%
NA1830.08%
KISS1550.07%
NLP1030.05%
Total216 751100.00%

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Ugu District Municipality - Home". ugu.gov.za. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  4. "AfriForum se Margate-tak verwelkom verslag oor Ugu Distriksmunisipaliteit". AfriForum. afriforum.co.za. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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