# Harry Gwala District Municipality

The Harry Gwala District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Harry Gwala; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Harry Gwala), formerly the Sisonke District Municipality, is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat is Ixopo. The majority of its 298,392 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC43. The district's name was changed in November 2015 in honor of African National Congress leader Harry Gwala.

## Geography
### Neighbours

Harry Gwala is surrounded by:
* Umgungundlovu to the north-east (DC22)
* Ugu to the south-east (DC21)
* OR Tambo to the south (DC15)
* Alfred Nzo to the south-west (DC44)
* The kingdom of Lesotho to the north-west
* Uthukela to the North (DC23)

### Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | 113 446 | 24.6% | Zulu |
| Ubuhlebezwe | 101 965 | 22.34% | Zulu |
| Greater Kokstad | 56 528 | 12.38% | Xhosa |
| Umzimkhulu | 174 338 | 38.19% | Xhosa |

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
| IsiZulu | 220 295 | 73.83% |
| IsiXhosa | 50 431 | 16.90% |
| English | 12 097 | 4.05% |
| Afrikaans | 7 188 | 2.41% |
| Sesotho | 7 182 | 2.41% |
| IsiNdebele | 429 | 0.14% |
| Sepedi | 296 | 0.10% |
| SiSwati | 145 | 0.05% |
| Other | 143 | 0.05% |
| Setswana | 135 | 0.05% |
| Tshivenda | 26 | 0.01% |
| Xitsonga | 18 | 0.01% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population | % |
| Female | 160 005 | 53.62% |
| Male | 138 387 | 46.38% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Black African | 280 332 | 93.95% |
| Coloured | 10 081 | 3.38% |
| White | 6 988 | 2.34% |
| Indian/Asian | 991 | 0.33% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000 - 004 | 35 445 | 11.88% |
| 005 - 009 | 40 097 | 13.44% |
| 010 - 014 | 41 502 | 13.91% |
| 015 - 019 | 37 456 | 12.55% |
| 020 - 024 | 25 634 | 8.59% |
| 025 - 029 | 21 306 | 7.14% |
| 030 - 034 | 17 399 | 5.83% |
| 035 - 039 | 16 607 | 5.57% |
| 040 - 044 | 13 964 | 4.68% |
| 045 - 049 | 11 579 | 3.88% |
| 050 - 054 | 9 601 | 3.22% |
| 055 - 059 | 7 263 | 2.43% |
| 060 - 064 | 6 452 | 2.16% |
| 065 - 069 | 4 821 | 1.62% |
| 070 - 074 | 4 227 | 1.42% |
| 075 - 079 | 2 391 | 0.80% |
| 080 - 084 | 1 747 | 0.59% |
| 085 - 089 | 528 | 0.18% |
| 090 - 094 | 217 | 0.07% |
| 095 - 099 | 122 | 0.04% |
| 100 plus | 34 | 0.01% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Harry Gwala in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 157 807 [52.89% of total population]
* Total votes: 83 403 [27.95% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 52.85% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 52 531 | 62.98% |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 21 433 | 25.70% |
| Democratic Alliance | 3 628 | 4.35% |
| United Democratic Movement | 1 712 | 2.05% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1 350 | 1.62% |
| New National Party | 315 | 0.38% |
| Independent Democrats | 304 | 0.36% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 299 | 0.36% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 296 | 0.35% |
| Pan African Congress | 291 | 0.35% |
| SOPA | 195 | 0.23% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 165 | 0.20% |
| UF | 152 | 0.18% |
| EMSA | 118 | 0.14% |
| CDP | 116 | 0.14% |
| TOP | 116 | 0.14% |
| PJC | 108 | 0.13% |
| Minority Front | 89 | 0.11% |
| NA | 87 | 0.10% |
| KISS | 58 | 0.07% |
| NLP | 40 | 0.05% |
| Total | 83 403 | 100.00% |