Ethekwini
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- The correct title of this article is eThekwini. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
eThekwini is the name of the Metropolitan Municipality created in 2000 that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The majority of its 3090126 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census).
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[edit] Meaning of the Name eThekwini
There is much debate over the meaning of eThekwini, and neither the eThekwini Heritage Department nor the eThekwini Metropolitan Unicity Municipality will state as an absolute fact the derivation of the name.
Some argue that the name is derived from a joke made by the leader of the amaThuli, Chief Shadwa, when the amaThuli settled on the bay; the story is that Chief Shadwa or a jester looked down from the area of today's Berea and said that the bay was a one testicled thing. Certainly, as Adrian Koopman points out in his brilliant work, "Zulu Names"[UNP; Pietermaritzburg-2002] , Elizabeth Pooley's "Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and the Transkei" has the Tonga-Kerrie recorded with the Zulu name umthekwini, referring to the single round fruit at the end of each stem. This shows that the term "itheku" is or has been used for a one-testicled animal or person, instead of today's "ithweka". It is the fact that the word "itheku" is not used today that leads many to believe that the legend of Shadwa's joke is a myth.
Janie Malherbe made the claim that Bishop Colenso advocated the meaning in his pioneering Zulu to English dictionary of an "open mouth or a bay" for iTeku because of modesty- clearly she did not read his dictionary, which unblushingly gives many explicit words and their definitions.
Commandant Sighurt Bourquin, the well-known authority on the Zulu, pointed out that the shape of the harbour would not be readily apparent when it was covered with mangroves viewed obliquely through the trees.
Probably eThekwini is probably the locative form of itheku- bay, lagoon. There is however a suggestion that it is derived from the Xhoza iteko- a meeting place, and brought to the area by the British Settlers in 1824, many of whom had learnt Xhoza whilst in the Cape
[edit] Geography
[edit] Neighbours
eThekwini is surrounded by:
- iLembe (DC29) to the north
- the Indian ocean to the east
- Ugu (DC21) to south
- Umgungundlovu (DC22) to the west
[edit] Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| IsiZulu | 1 948 061 | 63.04% |
| English | 925 671 | 29.96% |
| IsiXhosa | 106 110 | 3.43% |
| Afrikaans | 44 438 | 1.44% |
| Other | 28 866 | 0.93% |
| Sesotho | 21 587 | 0.70% |
| IsiNdebele | 6 041 | 0.20% |
| Sepedi | 3 266 | 0.11% |
| SiSwati | 2 433 | 0.08% |
| Setswana | 1 807 | 0.06% |
| Xitsonga | 1 356 | 0.04% |
| Tshivenda | 484 | 0.02% |
[edit] Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 1 605 080 | 51.94% |
| Male | 1 485 046 | 48.06% |
[edit] Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 2 110 594 | 68.30% |
| Indian/Asian | 614 829 | 19.90% |
| White | 277 429 | 8.98% |
| Coloured | 87 274 | 2.82% |
[edit] Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 273 097 | 8.84% |
| 005 - 009 | 286 606 | 9.27% |
| 010 - 014 | 294 820 | 9.54% |
| 015 - 019 | 323 345 | 10.46% |
| 020 - 024 | 331 475 | 10.73% |
| 025 - 029 | 316 326 | 10.24% |
| 030 - 034 | 256 429 | 8.30% |
| 035 - 039 | 236 009 | 7.64% |
| 040 - 044 | 195 032 | 6.31% |
| 045 - 049 | 154 640 | 5.00% |
| 050 - 054 | 129 097 | 4.18% |
| 055 - 059 | 91 991 | 2.98% |
| 060 - 064 | 72 334 | 2.34% |
| 065 - 069 | 50 020 | 1.62% |
| 070 - 074 | 37 078 | 1.20% |
| 075 - 079 | 21 847 | 0.71% |
| 080 - 084 | 12 877 | 0.42% |
| 085 - 089 | 4 678 | 0.15% |
| 090 - 094 | 1 717 | 0.06% |
| 095 - 099 | 560 | 0.02% |
| 100 plus | 148 | 0.00% |
[edit] Politics
[edit] Election results
Election results for eThekwini in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 2 046 814 [66.24% of total population]
- Total votes: 978 383 [31.66% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 47.80% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 577 835 | 59.06% |
| Democratic Alliance | 158 874 | 16.24% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 133 790 | 13.67% |
| Minority Front | 44 236 | 4.52% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 20 821 | 2.13% |
| Independent Democrats | 12 558 | 1.28% |
| New National Party | 8 182 | 0.84% |
| United Democratic Movement | 7 696 | 0.79% |
| CDP | 2 287 | 0.23% |
| Pan African Congress | 2 018 | 0.21% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2 001 | 0.20% |
| SOPA | 1 544 | 0.16% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 1 501 | 0.15% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 1 469 | 0.15% |
| NA | 722 | 0.07% |
| UF | 647 | 0.07% |
| KISS | 511 | 0.05% |
| PJC | 506 | 0.05% |
| TOP | 504 | 0.05% |
| EMSA | 460 | 0.05% |
| NLP | 221 | 0.02% |
| Total | 978 383 | 100.00% |
[edit] References
- Municipal Demarcation Board
- Stats SA Census 2001 page
- Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results
[edit] External link
- eThekwini Online The official site of Durban, South Africa
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Province of KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Provincial Capital: | ||
| Major Metros: |
Ethekwini (includes Durban) |
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| District Municipalities: |
Ugu | Umgungundlovu | Uthukela | Umzinyathi | Amajuba | Zululand | Umkhanyakude | uThungulu | iLembe | Sisonke |
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| Local Municipalities: |
Amajuba Zululand Umkhanyakude uThungulu Umzinyathi Uthukela Umgungundlovu iLembe eThekwini Ugu Sisonke |
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| Smaller Cities: |
Empangeni | Kokstad | Ladysmith | Newcastle | Port Shepstone | Richards Bay | KwaDukuza | Tongaat | Vryheid |
