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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

REPAIRS TO MARGATE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLETED

Major repairs that were being conducted to the Margate sewer infrastructure have successfully been completed. This follows a ...

Municipality’s stance on the ongoing feud over non-payment of salaries by SCTIE

​Ugu District Municipality has been inundated with enquiries from various publications pertaining to non-payment of salaries by the ...

Municipality ready for the upcoming peak season

​Municipality wishes to provide assurance to residents and tourists that measures are in place to ensure that water ...

MUNICIPALITY TAKES STRINGENT MEASURES FOLLOWING GAMALAKHE SPORTS & LEISURE CABLE THEFT AND VANDALISM

​The Municipality has taken drastic measures following the unsavoury incident where Gamalakhe communities were left with no water ...