uThukela
District municipality
Seal
Location in the KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°33′S 29°46′E / 28.550°S 29.767°E / -28.550; 29.767
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Ladysmith
Local municipalities	List Emnambithi/Ladysmith Indaka Umtshezi Okhahlamba Imbabazane
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Dudu Mazibuko
Area
• Total	11,326 km2 (4,373 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	668,848
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	95.1%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	2.4%
• White	1.7%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Zulu	90.5%
• English	4.7%
• Afrikaans	1.2%
• Southern Ndebele	1.1%
• Other	2.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC23

The uThukela District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase uThukela) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Ladysmith. As of 2011, a majority of its 668,848 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC23.

Geography

Neighbours

uThukela is surrounded by:

• Amajuba to the north (DC25)
• uMgungundlovu to the east (DC22)
• uMzinyathi to the south (DC24)
• the kingdom of Lesotho to the south-east
• Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the west (DC19)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Age

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 350 092 [53.29% of total population]
• Total votes: 177 230 [26.98% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 50.62% votes as a % of population 18 and over