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Ugu District Municipality

Population
773 402

Nr. of Households
172 628

Unemployment
(official definition)
38.8%

Unemployment
(expanded
definition)
47.3%

Gross Value
Add (GVA)
R40.4 bn

Gini coefficient
0.62

Human Development
Index (HDI)
0.61

Hh with access
to piped water
83%

Hh with electricity
connections
70.5%

Poverty
328 084

Press Release

NEW COUNCILLORS SWORN IN AT UGU COUNCIL

Councillor Nomfundo Dlamini and Councillor Anelisa Gege were sworn in at a full council meeting held at Ray ...

MUNICIPALITY RECEIVES AN IMPROVED AUDIT FINDINGS FROM AUDITOR GENERAL

The Auditor General of South Africa has presented an audit outcome before the sitting of a scheduled municipal ...

EZINQOLENI MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR THEFT & SABOTAGE OF CRITICAL WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE

The Izingolweni Regional Court has imposed a 15-year prison sentence on Fezile Bho Zama for housebreaking with the ...