Amajuba is one of the 11 districts

Districts of South Africa

South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...

 of KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 province. The seat of Amajuba is Newcastle

Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

Newcastle is the third largest city and urban center in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Newcastle is located in the North West corner of the province along the Ncandu River and is moderately industrial....

. The majority of its 468 040 people speak Zulu

Zulu language

Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...

 (2001 Census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

). The district code is DC25

Tourism

The Amajuba District is marketed as a battlefields tourism destination. Amajuba is an isiZulu name meaning “a place of doves”. The impis of King Shaka named the area Amajuba in 1825. It is associated with peace and it is a world-renowned name. The area is also the site of a battle in which the Boers defeated the British in 1881.

Neighbours

Amajuba is surrounded by:

• Gert Sibande
  Gert Sibande District Municipality
  Gert Sibande is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Secunda. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC30...
  
   in Mpumalanga
  Mpumalanga
  Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
  
   to the north (DC30)
• Thabo Mofutsanyane
  Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality
  Thabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is Witsieshoek. The majority of its 725 932 people speak Sesotho...
  
   in the Free State
  Free State
  The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...
  
   to the east (DC19)
• Uthukela
  Uthukela District Municipality
  uThukela is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith. The majority of its 656 986 people speak IsiZulu...
  
   to the south-east (DC23)
• Umzinyathi
  Umzinyathi District Municipality
  Umzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of Umzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu...
  
   to the south-west (DC24)
• Zululand
  Zululand District Municipality
  Zululand is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 804,456 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC26...
  
   to the west (DC26)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities

Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...

:

Local municipality	Population	%
Newcastle Newcastle Local Municipality Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa....	332 978	71.14%
Dannhauser Dannhauser Local Municipality Dannhauser Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler who in 1872 purchased four farms in the area from the then owner, the Natal government.The major economic sectors...	102 786	21.96%
eMadlangeni EMadlangeni Local Municipality eMadlangeni Local Municipality, previously known as Utrecht Local Municipality, is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.-References:...	32 276	6.90%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

.

Language	Population	%
Zulu Zulu language Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...	418 215	89.35%
English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	19 388	4.14%
Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...	17 848	3.81%
Sotho	6 897	1.47%
Swati Swati language The Swazi or Swati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga and KaNgwane areas...	1 715	0.37%
Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...	1 598	0.34%
Other	746	0.16%
Ndebele Southern Ndebele language The Southern Ndebele language is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele . There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa:* the Northern Transvaal Ndebele or Nrebele...	701	0.15%
Northern Sotho Northern Sotho language Northern Sotho , also inaccurately known by the name of a major dialect, Pedi or sePedi, is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people — in the South African provinces of Gauteng,...	424	0.09%
Tswana Tswana language Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi...	347	0.07%
Tsonga Tsonga language The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.- Classification :Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages...	103	0.02%
Venda Venda language Venda, also known as or , is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. The majority of Venda speakers live in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo Province, but about 10% of speakers live in Zimbabwe. The Venda language is related to Kalanga which is spoken in Botswana...	58	0.01%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	243 891	52.11%
Male	224 149	47.89%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	431 609	92.22%
White	21 469	4.59%
Indian/Asian	11 928	2.55%
Coloured	3 034	0.65%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	52 102	11.13%
005 - 009	56 841	12.14%
010 - 014	56 912	12.16%
015 - 019	56 815	12.14%
020 - 024	45 785	9.78%
025 - 029	38 031	8.13%
030 - 034	30 130	6.44%
035 - 039	27 487	5.87%
040 - 044	25 040	5.35%
045 - 049	20 881	4.46%
050 - 054	16 384	3.50%
055 - 059	11 858	2.53%
060 - 064	10 378	2.22%
065 - 069	7 285	1.56%
070 - 074	5 414	1.16%
075 - 079	3 107	0.66%
080 - 084	2 400	0.51%
085 - 089	681	0.15%
090 - 094	300	0.06%
095 - 099	138	0.03%
100 plus	71	0.02%

Election results

Election results for Amajuba in the South African general election, 2004

South African general election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....

.

• Population 18 and over: 267 712 [57.20% of total population]
• Total votes: 118 344 [25.29% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 44.21% votes as a % of population 18 and over

  Party	Votes	%
  African National Congress African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...	54 142	45.75%
  Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...	42 529	35.94%
  Democratic Alliance	12 134	10.25%
  African Christian Democratic Party	2 799	2.37%
  United Democratic Movement	1 515	1.28%
  Freedom Front Plus	1 053	0.89%
  New National Party	728	0.62%
  Azanian People's Organisation	497	0.42%
  Minority Front	456	0.39%
  Pan African Congress	424	0.36%
  UF	408	0.34%
  Independent Democrats	366	0.31%
  United Christian Democratic Party	205	0.17%
  NA	173	0.15%
  SOPA	168	0.14%
  PJC	159	0.13%
  CDP	157	0.13%
  TOP	137	0.12%
  EMSA	131	0.11%
  KISS	102	0.09%
  NLP	61	0.05%
  Total	118 344	100.00%

External links

• http://www.amajuba.gov.za - Amajuba District Municipality Website