Alfred Nzo District Municipality

The Alfred Nzo District Municipality is one of the 6 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 801,344 residents speak isiXhosa. The district code is DC44. It is named after Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo, a former secretary-general of the African National Congress and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nelson Mandela's cabinet from 1994 to 1999. Geography The Alfred Nzo District Municipality contains the following towns: Mount Frere, Mount Ayliff, Maluti and Matatiele. It is the smallest and one of the poorest districts in the province. Neighbours Alfred Nzo is surrounded by: the kingdom of Lesotho to the north Harry Gwala District (DC43) to the north-east Ugu District (DC21) to the east OR Tambo District (DC15) to the south Joe Gqabi District (DC14) to the west