TOURISM CONSTRAINTS OF UMLAZI TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ...

This township is divided into some 25 residential sections. These sections are namedaccording to the letters ofthe alphabet from A - Z with AA., BB and Cc. Letters I,0, X and Y were omitted when the sections were named (see Figure 3.2). In Umlazithere are also two male hostels viz, Glebe hostel and the hostel commonly knownas Tehuis. These two hostels, have not been included in this study.Umlazi township is also characterized by the combination and co-existence offormal housing and informal settlements like Malukazi and Uganda, to mention afew. For the purposes of this study, the informal settlements were also excludedfrom the study area.3.6 DEMOGRAPillCS OF THE STUDY AREAAccording to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial statistics of 1995, the geographicaldistribution ofthe Umlazi population, when divided according to population groupsand gender is as follows:TABLE 3.1: GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE UMLAZIPOPULATION BY POPULATION GROUP AND GENDERSex Asians Coloureds Whites BlacksMale 0 130 1 159054Female 0 0 0 140090TOTAL 0 130 1 299 14435"