King Cetshwayo District Municipality


King Cetshwayo District Municipality is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of the district is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu. The district code is DC28. It is named after Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879, who led his nation to victory against the British in the Battle of Isandlwana.

Geography

Neighbours

King Cetshwayo District is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Sister City

King Cetshwayo District is officially a sister city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The joining of the two cities was largely enacted from legislation in Wisconsin in collaboration with the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program. In 2009, Sister Cities International launched the Africa Urban Poverty Alleviation Program, a three-year project to alleviate poverty in 25 African cities through water, sanitation and health initiatives. Milwaukee will collaborate with their African counterparts to identify and address the most critical problems in these sectors, which form barriers to sustained development in urban areas. This project is funded by a $7.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program is cited to end in middle of the year 2012.

Politics

Election results

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