Harry Gwala
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Ixopo
Local municipalities	List Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Greater Kokstad Ubuhlebezwe Umzimkhulu
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Z D Nxumalo
Area
• Total	10,547 km2 (4,072 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	461,419
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	96.7%
• Coloured	1.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	1.2%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	62.7%
• Xhosa	28.6%
• English	3.2%
• Afrikaans	1.3%
• Other	4.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC43

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:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

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