# Alfred Nzo District Municipality

The Alfred Nzo District Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Alfred Nzo) is one of the 6 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 801,344 residents speak isiXhosa. The district code is DC44.
It is named after Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo, a former secretary-general of the African National Congress and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nelson Mandela's cabinet from 1994 to 1999.

## Geography

The Alfred Nzo District Municipality contains the following towns: Mount Frere, Mount Ayliff, Maluti and Matatiele. It is the smallest and one of the poorest districts in the province.

### Neighbours

Alfred Nzo is surrounded by:
* the kingdom of Lesotho to the north
* Harry Gwala District (DC43) to the north-east
* Ugu District (DC21) to the east
* OR Tambo District (DC15) to the south
* Joe Gqabi District (DC14) to the west

### Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population | % |
| Matatiele | 203,843 | 25.44% |
| Ntabankulu | 123,976 | 15.47% |
| Umzimvubu | 191,620 | 23.91% |
| Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | 281,905 | 35.18% |
After the 2011 municipal election, Alfred Nzo District was expanded by including Mbizana Local Municipality and Ntabankulu Local Municipality, previously part of OR Tambo District Municipality.

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

### Languages

| Language | Population | % |
| Xhosa | 673,519 | 84.58% |
| Sotho | 69,811 | 8.77% |
| English | 18,090 | 2.27% |
| Zulu | 9,954 | 1.25% |
| Sign language | 7,189 | 0.90% |
| Afrikaans | 6,716 | 0.84% |
| Other | 4,595 | 0.58% |
| Northern Sotho | 2,275 | 0.29% |
| Ndebele | 2,043 | 0.26% |
| Tswana | 1,360 | 0.17% |
| Venda | 358 | 0.04% |
| Tsonga | 231 | 0.03% |
| Swati | 187 | 0.02% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population | % |
| Female | 434,857 | 54.27% |
| Male | 366,488 | 45.73% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Black African | 794,382 | 99.13% |
| Coloured | 3,307 | 0.41% |
| White | 1,898 | 0.24% |
| Indian/Asian | 1,132 | 0.14% |
| Other | 624 | 0.08% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000–004 | 68,152 | 12.38% |
| 005–009 | 85,022 | 15.45% |
| 010–014 | 89,083 | 16.19% |
| 015–019 | 73,875 | 13.42% |
| 020–024 | 41,503 | 7.54% |
| 025–029 | 28,489 | 5.18% |
| 030–034 | 23,459 | 4.26% |
| 035–039 | 23,401 | 4.25% |
| 040–044 | 21,729 | 3.95% |
| 045–049 | 18,478 | 3.36% |
| 050–054 | 15,872 | 2.88% |
| 055–059 | 13,475 | 2.45% |
| 060–064 | 13,398 | 2.43% |
| 065–069 | 13,266 | 2.41% |
| 070–074 | 9,980 | 1.81% |
| 075–079 | 5,540 | 1.01% |
| 080–084 | 4,009 | 0.73% |
| 085–089 | 1,008 | 30.0% |
| 090–094 | 420 | 0.08% |
| 095–099 | 195 | 0.04% |
| 100 plus | 38 | 0.01% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Alfred Nzo in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 260 501 [70% of total population]
* Total votes: 172 001 [31.25% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 66.03% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 151,605 | 88.14% |
| United Democratic Movement | 14,449 | 8.40% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 1,803 | 1.05% |
| Pan African Congress | 802 | 0.47% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 683 | 0.40% |
| Democratic Alliance | 533 | 0.31% |
| SOPA | 340 | 0.20% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 258 | 0.15% |
| New National Party | 201 | 0.12% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 200 | 0.12% |
| EMSA | 191 | 0.11% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 190 | 0.11% |
| PJC | 129 | 0.07% |
| NA | 125 | 0.07% |
| UF | 103 | 0.06% |
| TOP | 98 | 0.06% |
| Independent Democrats | 93 | 0.05% |
| CDP | 65 | 0.04% |
| KISS | 48 | 0.03% |
| Minority Front | 48 | 0.03% |
| NLP | 37 | 0.02% |
| Total | 172,001 | 100.00% |