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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

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 ...

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 ...