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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interior"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Interior</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interior-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Provincial_coat_of_arms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Provincial_coat_of_arms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Provincial coat of arms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Provincial_coat_of_arms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Law_and_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Law_and_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Law and government</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Law_and_government-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Law and government subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Law_and_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Provincial_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Provincial_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Provincial government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Provincial_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Current_composition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_composition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Current composition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_composition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Zulu_monarchy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Zulu_monarchy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Zulu monarchy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Zulu_monarchy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Race/Ethnicity" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="كوازولو ناتال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كوازولو ناتال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvazulu-Natal_vilay%C9%99ti" title="Kvazulu-Natal vilayəti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kvazulu-Natal vilayəti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_S%C3%A9ng" title="KwaZulu-Natal Séng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal Séng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Квазулу-Натал (правінцыя) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Квазулу-Натал (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Квазулу-Натал – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Квазулу-Натал" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Квазулу-Натал – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Квазулу-Натал" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Квазулу-Натал – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Квазулу-Натал" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Province of KwaZulu-Natal – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Province of KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natali_provints" title="KwaZulu-Natali provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="KwaZulu-Natali provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Provincia de KwaZulu-Natal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvazulu-Natalo" title="Kvazulu-Natalo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kvazulu-Natalo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="کوازولو-ناتال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوازولو-ناتال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal-s%C3%A9n" title="KwaZulu-Natal-sén – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal-sén" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%B0%EC%A4%84%EB%A3%A8%EB%82%98%ED%83%88%EC%A3%BC" title="콰줄루나탈주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="콰줄루나탈주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82-%D5%86%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AC" title="Կվազուլու-Նատալ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կվազուլու-Նատալ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%82-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="क्वाज़ूलू-नताल प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="क्वाज़ूलू-नताल प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhondo_yaKwaZulu-Natala" title="IPhondo yaKwaZulu-Natala – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="IPhondo yaKwaZulu-Natala" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKwaZulu-Natali" title="IKwaZulu-Natali – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IKwaZulu-Natali" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95-%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%90%D7%9C" title="קוואזולו-נטאל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוואזולו-נטאל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3-%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="კვაზულუ-ნატალი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კვაზულუ-ნატალი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu_et_Terra_Natalis" title="KwaZulu et Terra Natalis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="KwaZulu et Terra Natalis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvazulu-Nat%C4%81la" title="Kvazulu-Natāla – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kvazulu-Natāla" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvazulu-Natalis" title="Kvazulu-Natalis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kvazulu-Natalis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Квазулу-Натал – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Квазулу-Натал" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BD" title="ക്വാസുളു-നറ്റാൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ക്വാസുളു-നറ്റാൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%82-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="क्वाझुलू-नाताल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="क्वाझुलू-नाताल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZoeloe-Natal" title="KwaZoeloe-Natal – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="KwaZoeloe-Natal" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AF%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E5%B7%9E" title="クワズール・ナタール州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クワズール・ナタール州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKwaZulu-Natali" title="IKwaZulu-Natali – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="IKwaZulu-Natali" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwazulu-Natal" title="Kwazulu-Natal – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Kwazulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%A7%D9%84" title="کوازولو نٹال – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کوازولو نٹال" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuazulo-Natal" title="Cuazulo-Natal – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cuazulo-Natal" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Provincia KwaZulu-Natal – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Квазулу-Натал – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Квазулу-Натал" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwazulu-Natala" title="Kwazulu-Natala – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Kwazulu-Natala" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu_Natala" title="KwaZulu Natala – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="KwaZulu Natala" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tn mw-list-item"><a href="https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Tswana" lang="tn" hreflang="tn" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Setswana" data-language-local-name="Tswana" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Setswana</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%94-%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%85%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AD,_%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="ක්වාසුලු-නටාල් පළාත, දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ක්වාසුලු-නටාල් පළාත, දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaZulu" title="KaZulu – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="KaZulu" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_Province" title="KwaZulu-Natal Province – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal Province" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Квазулу-Натал – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Квазулу-Натал" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="KwaZulu-Natal" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="குவாசுலு-நதால் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="குவாசுலு-நதால்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">KwaZulu-Natal</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="Zu"><span title="Zulu-language text"><i lang="zu">iKwaZulu-Natali</i></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_South_Africa" title="Provinces of South Africa">Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Province of KwaZulu-Natal</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KwaZulu-Natal_coat_of_arms.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of KwaZulu-Natal"><img alt="Coat of arms of KwaZulu-Natal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/KwaZulu-Natal_coat_of_arms.svg/100px-KwaZulu-Natal_coat_of_arms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/KwaZulu-Natal_coat_of_arms.svg/150px-KwaZulu-Natal_coat_of_arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/KwaZulu-Natal_coat_of_arms.svg/200px-KwaZulu-Natal_coat_of_arms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="63" data-file-height="62" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Garden Province</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Mottoes: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="padding-bottom:0.75em;"><ul><li><i>Masisukume sakhe</i></li><li>("Let us rise and build")</li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KwaZulu-Natal_in_South_Africa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa"><img alt="Map showing the location of KwaZulu-Natal in the south-eastern part of South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/KwaZulu-Natal_in_South_Africa.svg/250px-KwaZulu-Natal_in_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/KwaZulu-Natal_in_South_Africa.svg/375px-KwaZulu-Natal_in_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/KwaZulu-Natal_in_South_Africa.svg/500px-KwaZulu-Natal_in_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2031" data-file-height="1741" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of KwaZulu-Natal in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/EThekwini_Metropolitan_Municipality" title="EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality">eThekwini</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Ugu_District_Municipality" title="Ugu District Municipality">Ugu</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Umgungundlovu_District_Municipality" title="Umgungundlovu District Municipality">Umgungundlovu</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Uthukela_District_Municipality" title="Uthukela District Municipality">Uthukela</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Umzinyathi_District_Municipality" title="Umzinyathi District Municipality">Umzinyathi</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Amajuba_District_Municipality" title="Amajuba District Municipality">Amajuba</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Zululand_District_Municipality" title="Zululand District Municipality">Zululand</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Umkhanyakude_District_Municipality" title="Umkhanyakude District Municipality">Umkhanyakude</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/King_Cetshwayo_District_Municipality" title="King Cetshwayo District Municipality">King Cetshwayo</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/ILembe_District_Municipality" title="ILembe District Municipality">iLembe</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gwala_District_Municipality" title="Harry Gwala District Municipality">Harry Gwala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">Parliamentary</a> <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Zulu_Nation" title="King of the Zulu Nation">King</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Misuzulu_Zulu" title="Misuzulu Zulu">Misuzulu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Premier of KwaZulu-Natal">Premier</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thami_Ntuli" title="Thami Ntuli">Thami Ntuli</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inkatha_Freedom_Party" title="Inkatha Freedom Party">IFP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_Legislature" title="KwaZulu-Natal Legislature">KwaZulu-Natal Legislature</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-cib2011_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cib2011-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 9">: 9 </span></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">94,361 km<sup>2</sup> (36,433 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_provinces_by_area" title="List of South African provinces by area">7th in South Africa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,451 m (11,322 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">12,818,479</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_provinces_by_population" title="List of South African provinces by population">2nd in South Africa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">132/km<sup>2</sup> (340/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_provinces_by_population_density" title="List of South African provinces by population density">2nd in South Africa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Natalian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population groups (2022)<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2022_census_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa" title="Bantu peoples of South Africa">Black</a></th><td class="infobox-data">84.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Indian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian South African">Indian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Asian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian South African">Asian</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9.3%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/White_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="White South African">White</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4.1%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Coloured" class="mw-redirect" title="Coloured">Coloured</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1.5%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Other</th><td class="infobox-data">0.3%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages (2022)<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2022_census_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a></th><td class="infobox-data">80.0%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">English</a></th><td class="infobox-data">14.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3.1%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1.0%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Standard Time">SAST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">ZA-KZN</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2019)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.706<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#090">high</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_provinces_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of South African provinces by Human Development Index">5th of 9</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>64.7 billion<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kznonline.gov.za/">www<wbr />.kznonline<wbr />.gov<wbr />.za</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">KwaZulu-Natal</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Zulu</th><td class="infobox-data">iKwaZulu-Natali</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Xhosa</th><td class="infobox-data">iKwaZulu-Natala</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Afrikaans</th><td class="infobox-data">KwaZoeloe-Natal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Xitsonga</th><td class="infobox-data">KaZulu-Natali</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>KwaZulu-Natal</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</a></span></span>, also referred to as <b>KZN</b>; nicknamed "the garden province")<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_South_Africa" title="Provinces of South Africa">province of South Africa</a> that was created in 1994 when the government merged the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a> <a href="/wiki/Bantustan" title="Bantustan">bantustan</a> of <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu" title="KwaZulu">KwaZulu</a> ("Place of the Zulu" in <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Natal_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Natal Province">Natal Province</a>. </p><p>It is located in the southeast of the country, with a long shoreline on the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. It shares borders with three other provinces and the countries of <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Pietermaritzburg" title="Pietermaritzburg">Pietermaritzburg</a>, and its largest city is <a href="/wiki/Durban" title="Durban">Durban</a>, which is also the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Durban" title="Port of Durban">largest port city</a> in sub-saharan Africa. It is the second-most populous province in South Africa, after <a href="/wiki/Gauteng" title="Gauteng">Gauteng</a>. </p><p>Two areas in KwaZulu-Natal have been declared <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>: the <a href="/wiki/ISimangaliso_Wetland_Park" title="ISimangaliso Wetland Park">iSimangaliso Wetland Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UKhahlamba_Drakensberg_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park">uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park</a>. These areas are extremely scenic as well as important to the surrounding ecosystems. </p><p>During the 1830s and early 1840s, the northern part of what is now KwaZulu-Natal was established as the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zulu Kingdom</a>. The southern part was, briefly, the <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a> <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Republic" title="Natalia Republic">Natalia Republic</a> before the British took over control in 1843, renaming it as the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Natal" title="Colony of Natal">Colony of Natal</a> in 1843. The Zulu Kingdom remained independent until 1879. </p><p>KwaZulu-Natal is the birthplace of many notable figures in South Africa's history, such as <a href="/wiki/Albert_Luthuli" title="Albert Luthuli">Albert Luthuli</a>, the first non-white and the first person from outside Europe and the Americas to be awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> (1960); <a href="/wiki/Pixley_ka_Isaka_Seme" title="Pixley ka Isaka Seme">Pixley ka Isaka Seme</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a> (ANC) and South Africa's first black lawyer; <a href="/wiki/John_Langalibalele_Dube" title="John Langalibalele Dube">John Langalibalele Dube</a>, the ANC's founding president; <a href="/wiki/Harry_Gwala" title="Harry Gwala">Harry Gwala</a>, ANC member and anti-apartheid activist; <a href="/wiki/Mac_Maharaj" title="Mac Maharaj">Mac Maharaj</a>, Grammy award-winning group <a href="/wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo" title="Ladysmith Black Mambazo">Ladysmith Black Mambazo</a>, Grammy award-winning DJ <a href="/wiki/Black_Coffee_(DJ)" title="Black Coffee (DJ)">Black Coffee</a>, ANC member, anti-apartheid activist and <a href="/wiki/Little_Rivonia_Trial" title="Little Rivonia Trial">Little Rivonia Trial defendant</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mangosuthu_Buthelezi" title="Mangosuthu Buthelezi">Mangosuthu Buthelezi</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Inkatha_Freedom_Party" title="Inkatha Freedom Party">Inkatha Freedom Party</a> (IFP); <a href="/wiki/Anton_Lembede" title="Anton Lembede">Anton Lembede</a>, the founding president of the <a href="/wiki/ANC_Youth_League" class="mw-redirect" title="ANC Youth League">ANC Youth League</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Zuma" title="Jacob Zuma">Jacob Zuma</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" title="President of South Africa">President of South Africa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bhambatha" title="Bhambatha">Bhambatha</a>, a 19th-century Zulu chief who became an <a href="/wiki/Internal_resistance_to_South_African_apartheid" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal resistance to South African apartheid">anti-apartheid</a> icon; and <a href="/wiki/Shaka_Zulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaka Zulu">Shaka Zulu</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Howick_falls3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Howick_falls3.jpg/220px-Howick_falls3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Howick_falls3.jpg/330px-Howick_falls3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Howick_falls3.jpg/440px-Howick_falls3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Mngeni_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mngeni River">Mngeni River</a> valley near <a href="/wiki/Howick_Falls" title="Howick Falls">Howick Falls</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At around 92,100 km<sup>2</sup> (35,600 sq mi) in area, KwaZulu-Natal is roughly the size of Portugal. It has three different geographic areas and is the eastern most province in the country. The <a href="/wiki/Lowland" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowland">lowland</a> region along the Indian Ocean coast is extremely narrow in the south, widening in the northern part of the province, while the central <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaZulu-Natal Midlands">Natal Midlands</a> consists of an undulating hilly <a href="/wiki/Plateau" title="Plateau">plateau</a> rising toward the west. Two mountainous areas, the western <a href="/wiki/Drakensberg" title="Drakensberg">Drakensberg Mountains</a> and northern <a href="/wiki/Lebombo_Mountains" title="Lebombo Mountains">Lebombo Mountains</a> form, respectively, a solid <a href="/wiki/Basalt" title="Basalt">basalt</a> wall rising over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) beside Lesotho border and low parallel ranges of ancient <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> running southward from Eswatini. The area's largest river, the <a href="/wiki/Tugela_River" title="Tugela River">Tugela</a>, flows west to east across the center of the province. </p><p>The coastal regions typically have <a href="/wiki/Subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical">subtropical</a> thickets and deeper ravines; steep slopes host some <a href="/wiki/Knysna-Amatole_montane_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Knysna-Amatole montane forests">Afromontane Forest</a>. The midlands have moist grasslands and isolated pockets of Afromontane Forest. The north has a primarily moist <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savanna</a> habitat, whilst the Drakensberg region hosts mostly <a href="/wiki/Alpine_climate" title="Alpine climate">alpine</a> <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grassland</a>. </p><p>The province contains rich areas of biodiversity of a range of flora and fauna. The <a href="/wiki/ISimangaliso_Wetland_Park" title="ISimangaliso Wetland Park">iSimangaliso Wetland Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UKhahlamba_Drakensberg_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park">uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park</a> have been declared <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>. The iSimangaliso Wetland Park, along with uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park and Ndumo, are <a href="/wiki/Wetlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Wetlands">wetlands</a> of international importance for <a href="/wiki/Bird_migration" title="Bird migration">migratory</a> species and are designated as <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_sites" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramsar sites">Ramsar sites</a>. South Africa signed the 1971 <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Convention</a> to try to conserve and protect important wetlands because of their importance to habitats and numerous species. </p><p>The former <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</a> <a href="/wiki/Enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Enclave">enclave</a> of the town of <a href="/wiki/Umzimkulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Umzimkulu">Umzimkulu</a> and its hinterland have been incorporated into KwaZulu-Natal following the 12th amendment of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Africa" title="Constitution of South Africa">Constitution of South Africa</a>. The amendment also made other changes to the southern border of the province. </p><p>The northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude traverses the province from the coast at <a href="/wiki/Hibberdene" title="Hibberdene">Hibberdene</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=KwaZulu-Natal&params=30_34_35_S_30_34_35_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">30°34′35″S</span> <span class="longitude">30°34′35″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">30.57639°S 30.57639°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-30.57639; 30.57639</span></span></span></a></span></span>) to northeast <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>. </p><p>The province became the first to include a portion of road that is made of partial plastic, the equivalent of nearly 40,000 recycled milk cartons.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Upland_South_Africa_Savanna.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Upland_South_Africa_Savanna.jpg/237px-Upland_South_Africa_Savanna.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Upland_South_Africa_Savanna.jpg/356px-Upland_South_Africa_Savanna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Upland_South_Africa_Savanna.jpg/474px-Upland_South_Africa_Savanna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1678" /></a><figcaption>Upland savannah near Pietermaritzburg</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coastal_mangrove_forest_near_Durban%27s_Umgeni_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Mangrove forest at the Umgeni River estuary in Durban" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Coastal_mangrove_forest_near_Durban%27s_Umgeni_River.jpg/236px-Coastal_mangrove_forest_near_Durban%27s_Umgeni_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="236" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Coastal_mangrove_forest_near_Durban%27s_Umgeni_River.jpg/354px-Coastal_mangrove_forest_near_Durban%27s_Umgeni_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Coastal_mangrove_forest_near_Durban%27s_Umgeni_River.jpg/472px-Coastal_mangrove_forest_near_Durban%27s_Umgeni_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Mangrove forest at the Umgeni River estuary in Durban</figcaption></figure> <p>KwaZulu-Natal has a varied yet verdant climate thanks to diverse, complex topography. Generally, the coast is <a href="/wiki/Subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical">subtropical</a> with inland regions becoming progressively colder. <a href="/wiki/Durban" title="Durban">Durban</a> on the south coast has an annual rainfall of 1009 mm, with daytime maxima peaking from January to March at 28 °C (82 °F) with a minimum of 21 °C (70 °F), dropping to daytime highs from June to August of 23 °C (73 °F) with a minimum of 11 °C (52 °F). </p><p>The temperature drops towards the hinterland, with <a href="/wiki/Pietermaritzburg" title="Pietermaritzburg">Pietermaritzburg</a> being similar in the summer, but much cooler in the winter. <a href="/wiki/Ladysmith,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal">Ladysmith</a> in the Tugela River Valley reaches 30 °C (86 °F) in the summer but may drop below freezing point on winter evenings. The Drakensberg can experience heavy winter snow, with light snow occasionally experienced on the highest peaks in summer. The Zululand north coast has the warmest climate and highest humidity, supporting many <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a> farms around Pongola. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Borders">Borders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Borders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>KwaZulu-Natal borders the following areas of Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maputo_Province" title="Maputo Province">Maputo Province, Mozambique</a> (far northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubombo_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lubombo District">Lubombo District, Eswatini</a> (northeast, east of Shiselweni)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiselweni" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiselweni">Shiselweni District, Eswatini</a> (northeast, west of Lubombo)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mokhotlong_District" title="Mokhotlong District">Mokhotlong District, Lesotho</a> (southwest, north of Thaba-Tseka)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaba-Tseka_District" title="Thaba-Tseka District">Thaba-Tseka District, Lesotho</a> (southwest, between Mokhotlong and Qacha's Nek)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qacha%27s_Nek_District" title="Qacha's Nek District">Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho</a> (southwest, south of Thaba-Tseka)</li></ul> <p>Domestically, it borders the following provinces: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mpumalanga" title="Mpumalanga">Mpumalanga</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_State_(South_African_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Free State (South African province)">Free State</a> (west)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</a> (southwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Africa_Districts_showing_KZ.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/South_Africa_Districts_showing_KZ.png/220px-South_Africa_Districts_showing_KZ.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/South_Africa_Districts_showing_KZ.png/330px-South_Africa_Districts_showing_KZ.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/South_Africa_Districts_showing_KZ.png/440px-South_Africa_Districts_showing_KZ.png 2x" data-file-width="1141" data-file-height="828" /></a><figcaption>A map of South Africa showing the districts of KwaZulu-Natal province</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KwaZulu-Natal_2011_population_density_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/KwaZulu-Natal_2011_population_density_map.svg/220px-KwaZulu-Natal_2011_population_density_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/KwaZulu-Natal_2011_population_density_map.svg/330px-KwaZulu-Natal_2011_population_density_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/KwaZulu-Natal_2011_population_density_map.svg/440px-KwaZulu-Natal_2011_population_density_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="938" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>Population density in KwaZulu-Natal <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256394559">.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key>ol{margin-left:1.3em;margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key>ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media(min-width:300px){.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key,.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-wide{column-count:2}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-narrow{column-count:1}}@media(min-width:450px){.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-wide{column-count:3}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist image-key"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffcc; color:black;"> </span> <1 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffeda0; color:black;"> </span> 1–3 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fed976; color:black;"> </span> 3–10 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#feb24c; color:black;"> </span> 10–30 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fd8d3c; color:black;"> </span> 30–100 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fc4e2a; color:black;"> </span> 100–300 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#e31a1c; color:white;"> </span> 300–1000 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#bc0026; color:white;"> </span> 1000–3000 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#800026; color:white;"> </span> >3000 /km<sup>2</sup></div></li></ul></div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KwaZulu-Natal_2001_dominant_language_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/KwaZulu-Natal_2001_dominant_language_map.svg/220px-KwaZulu-Natal_2001_dominant_language_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/KwaZulu-Natal_2001_dominant_language_map.svg/330px-KwaZulu-Natal_2001_dominant_language_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/KwaZulu-Natal_2001_dominant_language_map.svg/440px-KwaZulu-Natal_2001_dominant_language_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="938" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>Dominant languages in KwaZulu-Natal <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394559"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist image-key"><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8dd3c7; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffb3; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">English</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fb8072; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#80b1d3; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b3de69; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sotho</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#bc80bd; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Swati_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Swati language">Swati</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#d0d0d0; color:black;"> </span> No language dominant</div></li></ul></div></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Parks_of_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Parks of KwaZulu-Natal">Parks of KwaZulu-Natal</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_KwaZulu-Natal" title="List of cities and towns in KwaZulu-Natal">List of cities and towns in KwaZulu-Natal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_KwaZulu-Natal" title="List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal">List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal</a></div> <p>The KwaZulu-Natal Province is divided into one <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_municipality_(South_Africa)" title="Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)">metropolitan municipality</a> and ten <a href="/wiki/District_municipality_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="District municipality (South Africa)">district municipalities</a>. The district municipalities are in turn divided into 44 <a href="/wiki/Local_municipality_(South_Africa)" title="Local municipality (South Africa)">local municipalities</a>. The local seat of each district municipality is given in parentheses: </p><p>In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Ingonyama_Trust" title="Ingonyama Trust">Ingonyama Trust</a> owns 32% of the land in KwaZulu-Natal, in many municipalities. This amounts to about three million hectares, occupied by over 4 million people. The Zulu king is the chairman of the Trust. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Metropolitan_municipalities">Metropolitan municipalities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Metropolitan municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/EThekwini_Metropolitan_Municipality" title="EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality">eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Durban" title="Durban">Durban</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="District_municipalities">District municipalities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: District municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Amajuba_District_Municipality" title="Amajuba District Municipality">Amajuba District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal">Newcastle</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Local_Municipality" title="Newcastle Local Municipality">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dannhauser_Local_Municipality" title="Dannhauser Local Municipality">Dannhauser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMadlangeni_Local_Municipality" title="EMadlangeni Local Municipality">eMadlangeni</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Uthukela_District_Municipality" title="Uthukela District Municipality">Uthukela District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Ladysmith,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal">Ladysmith</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emnambithi/Ladysmith_Local_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Emnambithi/Ladysmith Local Municipality">Emnambithi/Ladysmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indaka_Local_Municipality" title="Indaka Local Municipality">Indaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umtshezi_Local_Municipality" title="Umtshezi Local Municipality">Umtshezi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okhahlamba_Local_Municipality" title="Okhahlamba Local Municipality">Okhahlamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imbabazane_Local_Municipality" title="Imbabazane Local Municipality">Imbabazane</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zululand_District_Municipality" title="Zululand District Municipality">Zululand District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Ulundi,_KwaZulu-Natal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal">Ulundi</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ulundi_Local_Municipality" title="Ulundi Local Municipality">Ulundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nongoma_Local_Municipality" title="Nongoma Local Municipality">Nongoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abaqulusi_Local_Municipality" title="Abaqulusi Local Municipality">Abaqulusi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPhongolo_Local_Municipality" title="UPhongolo Local Municipality">uPhongolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EDumbe_Local_Municipality" title="EDumbe Local Municipality">eDumbe</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/UMkhanyakude_District_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="UMkhanyakude District Municipality">uMkhanyakude District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Mkuze,_KwaZulu-Natal" class="mw-redirect" title="Mkuze, KwaZulu-Natal">Mkuze</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jozini_Local_Municipality" title="Jozini Local Municipality">Jozini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hlabisa_Local_Municipality" title="Hlabisa Local Municipality">Hlabisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umhlabuyalingana_Local_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Umhlabuyalingana Local Municipality">Umhlabuyalingana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mtubatuba_Local_Municipality" title="Mtubatuba Local Municipality">Mtubatuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Big_5_False_Bay_Local_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="The Big 5 False Bay Local Municipality">The Big 5 False Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/King_Cetshwayo_District_Municipality" title="King Cetshwayo District Municipality">King Cetshwayo District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Richards_Bay" title="Richards Bay">Richards Bay</a>) [formerly uThungulu] <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UMhlathuze_Local_Municipality" title="UMhlathuze Local Municipality">uMhlathuze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umlalazi_Local_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Umlalazi Local Municipality">Umlalazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkandla_Local_Municipality" title="Nkandla Local Municipality">Nkandla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mbonambi_Local_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Mbonambi Local Municipality">Mbonambi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ntambanana_Local_Municipality" title="Ntambanana Local Municipality">Ntambanana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mthonjaneni_Local_Municipality" title="Mthonjaneni Local Municipality">Mthonjaneni</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/UMzinyathi_District_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="UMzinyathi District Municipality">uMzinyathi District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Dundee,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal">Dundee</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Msinga_Local_Municipality" title="Msinga Local Municipality">Msinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nqutu_Local_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Nqutu Local Municipality">Nqutu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umvoti_Local_Municipality" title="Umvoti Local Municipality">Umvoti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endumeni_Local_Municipality" title="Endumeni Local Municipality">Endumeni</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/UMgungundlovu_District_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="UMgungundlovu District Municipality">uMgungundlovu District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Pietermaritzburg" title="Pietermaritzburg">Pietermaritzburg</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Msunduzi_Local_Municipality" title="Msunduzi Local Municipality">Msunduzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UMshwathi_Local_Municipality" title="UMshwathi Local Municipality">uMshwathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UMngeni_Local_Municipality" title="UMngeni Local Municipality">uMngeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Local_Municipality" title="Richmond Local Municipality">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mkhambathini_Local_Municipality" title="Mkhambathini Local Municipality">Mkhambathini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mpofana_Local_Municipality" title="Mpofana Local Municipality">Mpofana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impendle_Local_Municipality" title="Impendle Local Municipality">Impendle</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/ILembe_District_Municipality" title="ILembe District Municipality">iLembe District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/KwaDukuza,_KwaZulu-Natal" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal">kwaDukuza</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KwaDukuza_Local_Municipality" title="KwaDukuza Local Municipality">KwaDukuza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndwedwe_Local_Municipality" title="Ndwedwe Local Municipality">Ndwedwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandeni_Local_Municipality" title="Mandeni Local Municipality">Mandeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maphumulo_Local_Municipality" title="Maphumulo Local Municipality">Maphumulo</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ugu_District_Municipality" title="Ugu District Municipality">Ugu District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Port_Shepstone" title="Port Shepstone">Port Shepstone</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nkonyeni_Local_Municipality" title="Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality">Ray Nkonyeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UMdoni_Local_Municipality" title="UMdoni Local Municipality">uMdoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UMuziwabantu_Local_Municipality" title="UMuziwabantu Local Municipality">uMuziwabantu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umzumbe_Local_Municipality" title="Umzumbe Local Municipality">Umzumbe</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gwala_District_Municipality" title="Harry Gwala District Municipality">Harry Gwala District</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Ixopo,_KwaZulu-Natal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal">Ixopo</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dr_Nkosazana_Dlamini-Zuma_Local_Municipality" title="Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality">Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuhlebezwe_Local_Municipality" title="Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality">Ubuhlebezwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Kokstad_Local_Municipality" title="Greater Kokstad Local Municipality">Greater Kokstad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umzimkhulu_Local_Municipality" title="Umzimkhulu Local Municipality">Umzimkhulu</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coastline">Coastline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Coastline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kznbeach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kznbeach.jpg/220px-Kznbeach.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kznbeach.jpg/330px-Kznbeach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kznbeach.jpg/440px-Kznbeach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>A beach on the North Coast</figcaption></figure> <p>The coastline is dotted with small towns, many of which serve as seasonal recreational hubs. The climate of the coastal areas is humid and subtropical, comparable to southern Florida in the United States, but not quite as hot and rainy in the summer. As one moves further north up the coast towards the border of Mozambique, the climate becomes almost purely tropical. North of Durban is locally referred to as "<a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_North_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaZulu-Natal North Coast">The North Coast</a>", while south is "<a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_South_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaZulu-Natal South Coast">The South Coast</a>". The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20030826015313/http://www.zulu.org.za/kzn">Kwazulu-Natal Tourist board</a> includes towns such as <a href="/wiki/Margate,_South_Africa" title="Margate, South Africa">Margate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Shepstone" title="Port Shepstone">Port Shepstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottburgh" title="Scottburgh">Scottburgh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_Edward,_KwaZulu-Natal" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal">Port Edward</a> in its definition of the South Coast, while <a href="/wiki/Ballito" title="Ballito">Ballito</a>, <a href="/wiki/UMhlanga,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="UMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal">uMhlanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zimbali_Coastal_Forest" title="Zimbali Coastal Forest">Zimbali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salt_Rock" title="Salt Rock">Salt Rock</a> are North Coast resort towns. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Lameer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/San_Lameer.jpg/220px-San_Lameer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/San_Lameer.jpg/330px-San_Lameer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/San_Lameer.jpg/440px-San_Lameer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2496" data-file-height="1664" /></a><figcaption>San Lameer Resort</figcaption></figure> <p>Beaches of world-class quality are to be found along virtually every part of South Africa's eastern seaboard, with some of the least-developed gems found in the far southern and far northern ends of the province. <a href="/wiki/Marina_Beach,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Marina Beach, KwaZulu-Natal">Marina Beach</a> (and its adjoining resort San Lameer) was recognised in 2002 as a <a href="/wiki/Blue_Flag_beach" title="Blue Flag beach">Blue Flag beach</a>. </p><p>Some visitors come for the annual late autumn or early winter phenomenon on the KwaZulu-Natal coast of the "<a href="/wiki/Sardine_run" title="Sardine run">sardine run</a>". Referred to as "the greatest shoal on earth", the sardine run occurs when millions of <a href="/wiki/Sardine" title="Sardine">sardines</a> migrate from their <a href="/wiki/Spawn_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spawn (biology)">spawning</a> grounds south of the southern tip of Africa northward along the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</a> coastline toward KwaZulu-Natal. They follow a route close inshore, often resulting in many fish washing up on beaches. The huge shoal of tiny fish can stretch for many kilometres; it is preyed upon by thousands of predators, including <a href="/wiki/Game_fish" title="Game fish">game fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">sharks</a>, dolphins and <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a>. Usually, the shoals break up and the fish disappear into deeper water around Durban. Scientists have been unable to answer many questions surrounding this exceptional seasonal event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interior">Interior</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Interior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The interior of the province consists largely of rolling hills from the <a href="/wiki/Valley_of_a_Thousand_Hills" title="Valley of a Thousand Hills">Valley of a Thousand Hills</a> to the <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaZulu-Natal Midlands">Midlands</a>. Their beauty has inspired literature. <a href="/wiki/Alan_Paton" title="Alan Paton">Alan Paton</a>, in the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country" title="Cry, the Beloved Country">Cry, the Beloved Country</a></i>, wrote: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> There is a lovely road that runs from <a href="/wiki/Ixopo" title="Ixopo">Ixopo</a> into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it. The road climbs seven miles (11 km) into them, to Carisbrooke; and from there, if there is no mist, you look down on one of the fairest valleys of Africa. About you there is grass and bracken and you may hear the forlorn crying of the <a href="/wiki/Black-winged_lapwing" title="Black-winged lapwing">titihoya</a>, one of the birds of the veld. Below you is the valley of the <a href="/wiki/Umzimkulu_River" title="Umzimkulu River">Umzimkulu</a>, on its journey from the Drakensberg to the sea; and beyond and behind the river, great hill after great hill; and beyond and behind them, the mountains of Ingeli and <a href="/wiki/Griqualand_East" title="Griqualand East">Griqualand East</a>. </p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zulu Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Republic" title="Natalia Republic">Natalia Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Natal" title="Colony of Natal">Colony of Natal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natal_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Natal Province">Natal Province</a>, and <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu" title="KwaZulu">KwaZulu</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_definitions_of_Zululand-KwaZulu.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_definitions_of_Zululand-KwaZulu.svg/220px-Map_of_definitions_of_Zululand-KwaZulu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_definitions_of_Zululand-KwaZulu.svg/330px-Map_of_definitions_of_Zululand-KwaZulu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Map_of_definitions_of_Zululand-KwaZulu.svg/440px-Map_of_definitions_of_Zululand-KwaZulu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1242" /></a><figcaption><i>Zululand</i> or <i>KwaZulu</i> has various definitions, : <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 3px solid #E3D34F;background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> The <a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zulu Kingdom</a> in 1879.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B1C6D2; color:black;"> </span> The <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu" title="KwaZulu">KwaZulu Bantustan</a> in 1994.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 3px solid #EB9526;background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> The <a href="/wiki/Zululand_District_Municipality" title="Zululand District Municipality">Zululand District Municipality</a> in 2016.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 3px solid #BC3922;background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> The <a class="mw-selflink selflink">KwaZulu-Natal Province</a> in 2016.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 3px dotted #03BA3A;background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> The area where the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu language</a> is dominant (in 2011).</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 3px dashed #03BA3A;background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> The area where the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu language</a> is significant (in 2011).</div></figcaption></figure> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> Day 1497, Portuguese explorer <a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> saw the coast of Natal and named the site after the Portuguese word for Christmas, <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Natal#Portuguese" class="extiw" title="wikt:Natal">Natal</a></i>. The <a href="/wiki/Nguni_people" title="Nguni people">Nguni</a> branch of the <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples" title="Bantu peoples">Bantu</a> occupied this area from the early 1300s<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first European settlers, mostly British, established <a href="/wiki/Port_Natal" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Natal">Port Natal</a>, a trading post. They made almost no attempt to develop the interior, whose inhabitants had been <a href="/wiki/Mfecane" title="Mfecane">decimated</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a> king, <a href="/wiki/Shaka" title="Shaka">Shaka</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaner">Afrikaner</a> <a href="/wiki/Voortrekkers" class="mw-redirect" title="Voortrekkers">Voortrekkers</a> entered the area via the <a href="/wiki/Drakensberg" title="Drakensberg">Drakensberg</a> passes in 1837. These Afrikaners defeated the Zulus at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Blood_River" title="Battle of Blood River">Battle of Blood River</a> in 1838 and thereafter established the Republic of Natal. Thus, the territory was once part of a <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Republic" title="Natalia Republic">short-lived Boer republic</a> between 1839 and 1843 until its annexation by Britain. Many Afrikaner inhabitants left for the interior after the annexation and were replaced by immigrants, mainly from Britain. </p><p>From 1860 onwards, increasing numbers of Indians, mainly <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamils</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Watson1960_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watson1960-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were brought in by the British mainly to work in the sugar plantations on the coast. The colony acquired Zululand (the area north of the Tugela River) after the Zulu War of 1879. The lands north of the Buffalo River were added in 1902. <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a> forces entered the area during the South African War (1899 to 1902) – also known as the second <a href="/wiki/Boer_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer War">Boer War</a> – and laid siege to <a href="/wiki/Ladysmith,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal">Ladysmith</a>. They failed to build on their initial advantage and for three months the line between the opposing forces followed the course of the <a href="/wiki/Tugela_River" title="Tugela River">Tugela River</a>. In 1910, the colony became a province of the Union of South Africa and in 1961 of the Republic of South Africa. </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Homeland_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeland (South Africa)">homeland</a> of KwaZulu, which means "Place of the Zulu" was re-incorporated into the Natal province after the end of <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> in 1994, the province of Natal, which had existed between 1910 and 1994, was renamed KwaZulu-Natal. The province is home to the Zulu monarchy; the majority population speak <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a>. It is the only province in South Africa that has the name of its dominant ethnic group as part of its name. As with <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</a>, most <a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">White South Africans</a> in KwaZulu-Natal are of <a href="/wiki/British_diaspora_in_Africa" title="British diaspora in Africa">British descent</a> and less than a quarter of whites in the province are of Boer/Afrikaner descent.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provincial_coat_of_arms">Provincial coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Provincial coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The lion and <a href="/wiki/Wildebeest" title="Wildebeest">wildebeest</a> <a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">supporters</a> are symbols of, respectively, KwaZulu and Natal, the regions joined to create KwaZulu-Natal. Besides its importance as a symbol of the Zulu monarchy, the lion is also featured in the state emblems of the India and the United Kingdom which together represent the three largest people groups in KwaZulu-Natal and also represents the unity between them. The zig-zag stripe represents the <a href="/wiki/Drakensberg" title="Drakensberg">Drakensberg</a>, which is green in summer, but snowcapped in winter.<sup id="cite_ref-sabooklet_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabooklet-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The star represents the <a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a>, due to <a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> naming the region "Natalia", a reference to the birth of Christ, on Christmas Day in 1497. The <a href="/wiki/Strelitzia" title="Strelitzia">strelitzia</a> flower on the shield symbolizes the province's beauty. The <a href="/wiki/Assegai" title="Assegai">assegai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knobkierrie" class="mw-redirect" title="Knobkierrie">knobkierrie</a> behind the shield represent protection and peace. The base of the <a href="/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)" title="Crown (heraldry)">crown element</a> is a type of headdress traditionally worn by Zulu elders, that represents wisdom and maturity. The element itself is a Zulu-style grass hut. The motto is <i>Masisukume Sakhe</i>, Zulu for "Let us stand up and build".<sup id="cite_ref-sabooklet_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sabooklet-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_government">Law and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Law and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Government of KwaZulu-Natal">Government of KwaZulu-Natal</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_building,_Pietermaritzburg,_South_Africa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_building%2C_Pietermaritzburg%2C_South_Africa.jpg/220px-KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_building%2C_Pietermaritzburg%2C_South_Africa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_building%2C_Pietermaritzburg%2C_South_Africa.jpg/330px-KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_building%2C_Pietermaritzburg%2C_South_Africa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_building%2C_Pietermaritzburg%2C_South_Africa.jpg/440px-KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_building%2C_Pietermaritzburg%2C_South_Africa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>The KwaZulu-Natal parliament building, located in <a href="/wiki/Pietermaritzburg" title="Pietermaritzburg">Pietermaritzburg</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_government">Provincial government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Provincial government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>KwaZulu-Natal's provincial government sits in <a href="/wiki/Pietermaritzburg" title="Pietermaritzburg">Pietermaritzburg</a>. The foundation stone of the new legislative building was laid on 21 June 1887, to commemorate <a href="/wiki/Golden_Jubilee_of_Queen_Victoria" title="Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee</a>. The building was completed two years later. On 25 April 1889, the Governor of Natal, Sir <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Havelock" title="Arthur Havelock">Arthur Havelock</a>, opened the first Legislative Council session in the new building. </p><p>This was the former site of St Mary's Church, built in the 1860s. The congregation built a new church in 1884 at the corner of Burger Street and Commercial Road. The old building was demolished in 1887 to provide space for the legislative complex. </p><p>When governance was granted to Natal in 1893, the new Legislative Assembly took over the chamber used by the Legislative Council since 1889. Further extensions to the parliamentary building were made. The building was unoccupied until 1902, when it was used without being officially opened, due to the country's being engulfed in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Anglo-Boer war</a>. The war forced the Legislative Assembly to move the venue of its sittings, as its chamber was used as a military hospital. </p><p>The Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council buildings have both been protected as <a href="/wiki/Provincial_heritage_site_(South_Africa)" title="Provincial heritage site (South Africa)">provincial landmarks</a>. They formed a colonial Parliament of two houses: a Council of 11 nominated members and an Assembly of 37 elected members. The Natal Parliament was disbanded in 1910 when the Union of South Africa was formed, and the Assembly became the meeting place of the Natal Provincial Council. The council was disbanded in 1986. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_Provincial_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature">Provincial Legislature</a> consists of 80 members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_composition">Current composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2024_KwaZulu-Natal_provincial_election" title="2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election">2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election</a></div><p> The <a href="/wiki/2024_KwaZulu-Natal_provincial_election" title="2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election">2024 election</a> saw a major upheaval in KwaZulu-Natal's political landscape. The <a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a> (ANC), which had won a majority in the province in every election since <a href="/wiki/2004_South_African_general_election" title="2004 South African general election">2004</a>, saw its vote collapse by nearly two-thirds, down to 17% and in third place. In contrast, <a href="/wiki/UMkhonto_we_Sizwe_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="UMkhonto we Sizwe (political party)">uMkhonto we Sizwe</a>, a new party led by former President <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Zuma" title="Jacob Zuma">Jacob Zuma</a>, became the province's largest party, winning 45% of the vote, primarily among the province's ethnic <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a> majority. After the election, the <a href="/wiki/Inkatha_Freedom_Party" title="Inkatha Freedom Party">Inkatha Freedom Party</a> (IFP), which previously had been the province's official opposition party, formed a coalition government with the ANC, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">Democratic Alliance</a> (DA), and the <a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Party" title="National Freedom Party">National Freedom Party</a>. As part of the coalition agreement, the IFP's <a href="/wiki/Thami_Ntuli" title="Thami Ntuli">Thami Ntuli</a> became <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Premier of KwaZulu-Natal">premier</a>, making him the first IFP member to hold the position in twenty years.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="7" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Africa_KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/South_Africa_KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_2024.svg/360px-South_Africa_KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/South_Africa_KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_2024.svg/540px-South_Africa_KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/South_Africa_KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_2024.svg/720px-South_Africa_KwaZulu-Natal_Parliament_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#56AA48"></td><td><a href="/wiki/UMkhonto_we_Sizwe_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="UMkhonto we Sizwe (political party)">uMkhonto we Sizwe</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,590,813</td><td style="text-align:right">45.35</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">37</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Inkatha_Freedom_Party" title="Inkatha Freedom Party">Inkatha Freedom Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">633,771</td><td style="text-align:right">18.07</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.73</td><td style="text-align:right">15</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#006600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">595,958</td><td style="text-align:right">16.99</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 27.23</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 30</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#005BA6"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">Democratic Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">468,515</td><td style="text-align:right">13.36</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.54</td><td style="text-align:right">11</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#852A2A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Economic_Freedom_Fighters" title="Economic Freedom Fighters">Economic Freedom Fighters</a></td><td style="text-align:right">79,211</td><td style="text-align:right">2.26</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7.65</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF8040"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Party" title="National Freedom Party">National Freedom Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">19,548</td><td style="text-align:right">0.56</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.01</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Moodley Thanasagren Rubbanathan</td><td style="text-align:right">12,323</td><td style="text-align:right">0.35</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ba0c2f"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_Christian_Democratic_Party" title="African Christian Democratic Party">African Christian Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">11,366</td><td style="text-align:right">0.32</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.16</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#05B615"></td><td><a href="/wiki/ActionSA" title="ActionSA">ActionSA</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,569</td><td style="text-align:right">0.27</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00A758"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Allied_Movement_for_Change" title="Allied Movement for Change">Allied Movement for Change</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,007</td><td style="text-align:right">0.23</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#388F35"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Patriotic_Alliance" title="Patriotic Alliance">Patriotic Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,843</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00ADEE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_Transformation_Movement" title="African Transformation Movement">African Transformation Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,477</td><td style="text-align:right">0.18</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.31</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F70000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Liberal_Congress" title="Democratic Liberal Congress">Democratic Liberal Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,126</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.21</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#1c9069"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Al_Jama-ah" title="Al Jama-ah">Al Jama-ah</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,012</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Front_Plus" title="Freedom Front Plus">Freedom Front Plus</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,638</td><td style="text-align:right">0.16</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E7B04A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Build_One_South_Africa" title="Build One South Africa">Build One South Africa</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,648</td><td style="text-align:right">0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#006600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_People%27s_Movement" title="African People's Movement">African People's Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,117</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0336D8"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rise_Mzansi" title="Rise Mzansi">Rise Mzansi</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,898</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#008718"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Pan_Africanist_Congress_of_Azania" title="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania">Pan Africanist Congress of Azania</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,817</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Justice and Employment Party</td><td style="text-align:right">3,626</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFCA08"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_People_(South_African_political_party)" title="Congress of the People (South African political party)">Congress of the People</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,615</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#01FF01"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Abantu_Batho_Congress" title="Abantu Batho Congress">Abantu Batho Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,214</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8A1739"></td><td>People's Freedom Party</td><td style="text-align:right">3,162</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#99E308"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sizwe_Ummah_Nation" title="Sizwe Ummah Nation">Sizwe Ummah Nation</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,731</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFB300"></td><td><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Movement" title="United Democratic Movement">United Democratic Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,565</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ffb543"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_Independent_Congress" title="African Independent Congress">African Independent Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,527</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.19</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>African Movement Congress</td><td style="text-align:right">2,049</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F36900"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Good_(political_party)" title="Good (political party)">Good</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,005</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Arise SA</td><td style="text-align:right">1,958</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>African People First</td><td style="text-align:right">1,007</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Economic Liberators Forum South Africa</td><td style="text-align:right">679</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>All Citizens Party</td><td style="text-align:right">631</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E53184"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Africa_Restoration_Alliance" title="Africa Restoration Alliance">Africa Restoration Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">629</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">3,508,055</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">80</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>3,508,055</td><td>98.88</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>39,761</td><td>1.12</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>3,547,816</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>5,738,249</td><td>61.83</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://results.elections.org.za/home/NPEPublicReports/1335/Results%20Report/KN/KN.pdf">Electoral Commission of South Africa</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Inkatha Freedom Party's Thami Ntuli was officially inaugurated as the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal on 18 June 2024. <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zulu_monarchy">Zulu monarchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Zulu monarchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>KwaZulu-Natal is the home to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Zulu_kings" title="List of Zulu kings">Zulu monarch</a>, currently King <a href="/wiki/Misuzulu_Zulu" title="Misuzulu Zulu">Misuzulu Zulu</a> kaZwelithini. As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Zulu_Nation" title="King of the Zulu Nation">King of the Zulu Nation</a> is provided a stipend of 54 million <a href="/wiki/South_African_rand" title="South African rand">South African rands</a> by the provincial government.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Ingonyama_Trust" title="Ingonyama Trust">Ingonyama Trust</a>, which controls 32% of the area of the province. Under provincial legislation the Zulu monarch is considered the monarch of the province of KwaZulu-Natal.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The King's constitutional powers are limited. This makes KwaZulu-Natal, uniquely among South African provinces, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2022_South_African_census" title="2022 South African census">2022 census</a>, KwaZulu-Natal had a population of 12,423,907, an increase of 21.0% from the prior census in <a href="/wiki/2011_South_African_census" title="2011 South African census">2011</a>. It is the second-most populous of South Africa's nine provinces. The median age is 28, an increase of 6 years from 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race/Ethnicity"><span id="Race.2FEthnicity"></span>Race/Ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Race/Ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2022 census, 84.8% of the population described themselves as <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa" title="Bantu peoples of South Africa">Black African</a>, 9.3% as <a href="/wiki/Indian_South_Africans" title="Indian South Africans">Indian/Asian</a>, 4.1% as <a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">White</a>, and 1.5% as <a href="/wiki/Coloureds" title="Coloureds">Coloured</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large majority of Black African people in the province are <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a>. KwaZulu-Natal has the largest Indian population in South Africa, with a majority of all Indian South Africans living in the province. A majority of the White population is of <a href="/wiki/British_South_Africans" class="mw-redirect" title="British South Africans">British descent</a>, making it one of only two provinces (along with the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</a>) where Whites of British descent outnumber <a href="/wiki/Afrikaners" title="Afrikaners">Afrikaners</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Historic Breakdown of Population by Group<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Population Group </th> <th>1996 </th> <th>2001 </th> <th>2011 </th> <th>2022 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa" title="Bantu peoples of South Africa">Black African</a> </td> <td>82.8% </td> <td>85.2% </td> <td>86.9% </td> <td>84.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_South_Africans" title="Indian South Africans">Indian/Asian</a> </td> <td>9.3% </td> <td>8.3% </td> <td>7.4% </td> <td>9.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">White</a> </td> <td>6.6% </td> <td>5.0% </td> <td>4.2% </td> <td>4.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coloureds" title="Coloureds">Coloured</a> </td> <td>1.4% </td> <td>1.5% </td> <td>1.4% </td> <td>1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>0.3% </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2022 census, 81.8% of the population reported their <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">first language</a> as <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a>, 14.4% as <a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">English</a>, 3.1% as <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a>, and 1.0% as <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a>. KwaZulu-Natal is the only province in which native Zulu-speakers form a majority of the population. The province also has the second-highest proportion of English speakers of South Africa's nine provinces (after the <a href="/wiki/Western_Cape" title="Western Cape">Western Cape</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2022_South_African_census" title="2022 South African census">2022 census</a>, 74.9% of the population described themselves as <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christians</a>, the lowest proportion among South Africa's nine provinces. Substantial minorities of the population practice <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">Traditional African religions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Religious Affiliation (2022) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> </td> <td>74.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">Traditional African</a> </td> <td>13.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> </td> <td>4.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> </td> <td>1.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">Atheism</a> </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Agnosticism" title="Agnosticism">Agnosticism</a> </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>No religious affiliation </td> <td>3.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td>1.8% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sugar_Cane_in_Midlands_South.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Sugar_Cane_in_Midlands_South.jpg/220px-Sugar_Cane_in_Midlands_South.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Sugar_Cane_in_Midlands_South.jpg/330px-Sugar_Cane_in_Midlands_South.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Sugar_Cane_in_Midlands_South.jpg/440px-Sugar_Cane_in_Midlands_South.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Sugar cane in Midlands South.</figcaption></figure> <p>KwaZulu-Natal has the second largest regional economy in the country after <a href="/wiki/Gauteng" title="Gauteng">Gauteng</a>. <a href="/wiki/Durban" title="Durban">Durban</a> is a rapidly growing urban area and is by most measures the busiest port in Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A good railway network links the city to other areas of Southern Africa. </p><p>Sugar refining is Durban's main industry. Sheep, cattle, dairy, <a href="/wiki/Citrus" title="Citrus">citrus</a> fruits, <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">corn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sorghum" title="Sorghum">sorghum</a>, cotton, bananas, and <a href="/wiki/Pineapple" title="Pineapple">pineapples</a> are also raised. There is an embryonic KwaZulu-Natal wine industry. Other industries, located mainly in and around Durban, include textile, clothing, <a href="/wiki/Chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemicals">chemicals</a>, rubber, <a href="/wiki/Fertiliser" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertiliser">fertiliser</a>, paper, vehicle assembly and food-processing plants, tanneries, and <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">oil</a> refineries. </p><p>To the north, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal">Newcastle</a> is the province's industrial powerhouse, with <a href="/wiki/Mittal_Steel_South_Africa" title="Mittal Steel South Africa">Mittal Steel South Africa</a> (previously ISPAT/ISCOR) and the Karbochem <a href="/wiki/Synthetic_rubber" title="Synthetic rubber">synthetic rubber</a> plant dominating the economy. In 2002, Newcastle became the largest producer of chrome chemicals in Africa with the completion of a chrome-chemical plant, a joint-venture project between Karbochem and German manufacturing giant Bayer. </p><p>Other large operations include a diamond-cutting works, various heavy engineering concerns, the Natal Portland Cement (NPC) slagment cement factory, and the Newcastle Cogeneration Plant (old Ingagane Power Station). This was recommissioned as Africa's first gas-fired power station by Independent Power Southern Africa (IPSA), and it supplies the Karbochem Plant with electricity. The textile industry is a major employer in the Newcastle area, with over 100 factories belonging to ethnic Taiwanese and Chinese industrialists. Maize, livestock and dairy farmers operate on the outskirts of the city. Coal is mined in the Newcastle area. </p><p>Offshore mining of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_mineral_sands_ore_deposits" title="Heavy mineral sands ore deposits">heavy mineral sands</a> including minerals with a concentration of significant economic importance at several locations, such as <a href="/wiki/Rutile" title="Rutile">rutile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ilmenite" title="Ilmenite">ilmenite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zircon" title="Zircon">zircon</a> are threatening the marine ecology of KwaZulu-Natal's coast, including the Tugela Banks. The fishing economy of the prawn and nurse fisheries are also threatened.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ecology tourism is increasingly important to the economy of KwaZulu-Natal. The area's rich biodiversity and efforts at conservation have been recognised. Tourists have come to see the <a href="/wiki/ISimangaliso_Wetland_Park" title="ISimangaliso Wetland Park">iSimangaliso Wetland Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UKhahlamba_Drakensberg_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park">uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park</a>, declared <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>. These two major parks and that of Ndumo have <a href="/wiki/Wetlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Wetlands">wetlands</a> of international importance listed as <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_sites" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramsar sites">Ramsar sites</a> for conservation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_society">Civil society</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Civil society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prominent civil society organisations based in the province of KwaZulu-Natal include: <a href="/wiki/Abahlali_baseMjondolo" title="Abahlali baseMjondolo">Abahlali baseMjondolo</a> (shackdwellers') movement,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Diakonia Council of Churches,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Right2Know" title="Right2Know">Right2Know</a> campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Unemployed People's Movement.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Starr_010820-0009_Carissa_macrocarpa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Starr_010820-0009_Carissa_macrocarpa.jpg/220px-Starr_010820-0009_Carissa_macrocarpa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Starr_010820-0009_Carissa_macrocarpa.jpg/330px-Starr_010820-0009_Carissa_macrocarpa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Starr_010820-0009_Carissa_macrocarpa.jpg/440px-Starr_010820-0009_Carissa_macrocarpa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Natal plum</figcaption></figure> <p>There are various game reserves found in the province; one notable example is <a href="/wiki/Hluhluwe%E2%80%93Imfolozi_Park" title="Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park">Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Southern_white_rhinoceros" title="Southern white rhinoceros">southern white rhinoceros</a> was saved from extinction. </p><p>In many of these larger reserves, large animals ranging from several <a href="/wiki/Antelope" title="Antelope">antelope</a> species to <a href="/wiki/African_bush_elephant" title="African bush elephant">elephant</a>, <a href="/wiki/African_buffalo" title="African buffalo">Cape buffalo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hippopotamus" title="Hippopotamus">hippopotamus</a> can be found. Predators include <a href="/wiki/Panthera_leo_melanochaita" title="Panthera leo melanochaita">lions</a>, <a href="/wiki/African_leopard" title="African leopard">leopards</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cape_wild_dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape wild dog">Cape wild dogs</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scaly_yellowfish" title="Scaly yellowfish">scaly yellowfish</a> (<i>Labeobarbus natalensis</i>) is a fish found in the <a href="/wiki/Tugela_River" title="Tugela River">Tugela River</a> system as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Umzimkulu_River" title="Umzimkulu River">Umzimkulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umfolozi_River" title="Umfolozi River">Umfolozi</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mgeni_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mgeni River">Mgeni</a>. It is a common <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> species in KwaZulu-Natal Province and it lives in different habitats between the <a href="/wiki/Drakensberg" title="Drakensberg">Drakensberg</a> foothills and the coastal lowlands.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Carissa_macrocarpa" title="Carissa macrocarpa">Carissa macrocarpa</a></i> (Natal plum) is a shrub native to South Africa, where it is commonly called the "large num-num". In the Zulu language or isiZulu, as well as in the Bantu tribes of Uganda, it is known as the <i>Amathungulu or umThungulu oBomvu</i>. In Afrikaans, the fruit is called <i>noem-noem</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities">Universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_KwaZulu-Natal" title="University of KwaZulu-Natal">University of KwaZulu-Natal</a> (UKZN) has five campuses in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-ukzn-campuses_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukzn-campuses-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Natal" title="University of Natal">University of Natal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Durban-Westville" title="University of Durban-Westville">University of Durban-Westville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ukzn-history_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukzn-history-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other universities are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Zululand" title="University of Zululand">University of Zululand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durban_University_of_Technology" title="Durban University of Technology">Durban University of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangosuthu_University_of_Technology" title="Mangosuthu University of Technology">Mangosuthu University of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Africa" title="University of South Africa">University of South Africa</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges">Colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AAA_School_of_Advertising&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AAA School of Advertising (page does not exist)">AAA School of Advertising</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berea_College_of_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berea College of Technology (page does not exist)">Berea College of Technology</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berea_Technical_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berea Technical College (page does not exist)">Berea Technical College</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=CTU_Training_Solutions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CTU Training Solutions (page does not exist)">CTU Training Solutions</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Central Technical College</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Damelin_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Damelin College">Damelin College</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eduvos" title="Eduvos">Eduvos</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethekwini_college&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ethekwini college (page does not exist)">Ethekwini college</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ICESA_Education&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ICESA Education (page does not exist)">ICESA Education</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=IStudent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IStudent (page does not exist)">iStudent</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MANCOSA" class="mw-redirect" title="MANCOSA">MANCOSA</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Management_and_Leadership_Academy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Management and Leadership Academy (page does not exist)">Management and Leadership Academy</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pax_college&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pax college (page does not exist)">Pax college</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regent_Business_School" title="Regent Business School">Regent Business School</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richfield_Graduate_institute_of_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richfield Graduate institute of Technology (page does not exist)">Richfield Graduate institute of Technology</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stadio_institute_of_Higher_Education_(Embury_institute_for_higher_education)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stadio institute of Higher Education (Embury institute for higher education) (page does not exist)">Stadio institute of Higher Education (Embury institute for higher education)</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Business_School_at_Varsity_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Business School at Varsity College (page does not exist)">The Business School at Varsity College</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Oval International Education</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_sports_events">Major sports events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Major sports events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comrades_Marathon_2023_Starting_Line.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Comrades_Marathon_2023_Starting_Line.jpg/220px-Comrades_Marathon_2023_Starting_Line.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Comrades_Marathon_2023_Starting_Line.jpg/330px-Comrades_Marathon_2023_Starting_Line.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Comrades_Marathon_2023_Starting_Line.jpg/440px-Comrades_Marathon_2023_Starting_Line.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Runners lined up in <a href="/wiki/Pietermaritzburg" title="Pietermaritzburg">Pietermaritzburg</a> at the start of the 2023 Comrades Marathon</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comrades_Marathon" title="Comrades Marathon">Comrades Marathon</a>, an annual marathon run between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midmar_Mile" title="Midmar Mile">Midmar Mile</a>, a mile-long swimming race held annually at <a href="/wiki/Midmar_Dam" title="Midmar Dam">Midmar Dam</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusi_Canoe_Marathon" title="Dusi Canoe Marathon">Dusi Canoe Marathon</a>, an annual canoe marathon starting in Pietermaritzburg and ending in Durban.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durban_July" class="mw-redirect" title="Durban July">Durban July</a>, South Africa's premier annual horse racing event at Greyville Racecourse, Durban.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_sports_teams">Provincial sports teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Provincial sports teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Football (soccer)</dt> <dd>The South African <a href="/wiki/Premier_Soccer_League" title="Premier Soccer League">Premier Soccer League</a> (PSL) currently features the following teams from the province: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/AmaZulu_F.C._(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)">AmaZulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Arrows" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Arrows">Golden Arrows</a> and Royal AM (Durban)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thanda_Royal_Zulu_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanda Royal Zulu FC">Thanda Royal Zulu</a> (Richards Bay)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Maritzburg_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritzburg United">Maritzburg United</a> (Pietermaritzburg)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Royal_AM_F.C." title="Royal AM F.C.">Royal AM</a> (Durban)</dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Rugby union</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_Rugby_Championship" title="United Rugby Championship">United Rugby Championship</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Sharks_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharks (Super rugby franchise)">The Sharks</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Currie_Cup" title="Currie Cup">Currie Cup</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Sharks_(Currie_Cup)" title="Sharks (Currie Cup)">Sharks</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Cricket</dt> <dd> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Dolphins_(cricket_team)" title="Dolphins (cricket team)">Dolphins</a> playing in the <a href="/wiki/CSA_4-Day_Domestic_Series" title="CSA 4-Day Domestic Series">CSA 4-Day Domestic Series</a> (successor to the <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaZulu-Natal cricket team">KwaZulu-Natal cricket team</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_Inland_(cricket_team)" title="KwaZulu-Natal Inland (cricket team)">Tuskers</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Basketball</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kwazulu_Marlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwazulu Marlins">Kwazulu Marlins</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KwaZulu-Natal&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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