Dutywa, also known as Idutywa, is a town in Mbashe Local Municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa, that was founded in 1858 as a military fort after a dispute between a Natal Colony raiding party and its local people. It is named after the Dutywa River, a tributary of the Mbhashe River. The name means "place of disorder" in the Xhosa language; its spelling was officially changed from "Idutywa" to "Dutywa" on 16 July 2004. The settlement was laid out in 1884 and was made a municipality in 1913. The town is the birthplace of former South African President, Thabo Mbeki.

Dutywa is home to 11,076 people, 96.6% of who are Black African (Xhosa).

Idutywa School of Excellence is a recognized school well known for producing excellent results for high pass rate in Matric.

The is Idutywa Mall was built so that the villagers would be able to do their shopping.[1]

Employment by Industry

Sector	Workers	% of labour force
Agriculture	402	0.3%
Mining / Quarrying	103	0.1%
Manufacturing	593	0.5%
Electricity / Gas / Water supply	593	0.5%
Construction	448	0.4%
Wholesale / Retail trade	2,146	1.7%
Transport / Storage / Communication	206	0.2%
Financial / Insurance / Real estate	1,174	0.5%
Community / Social / Personal services	2,843	2.3%
Private households / Other	11,874	4.6%

Population by Monthly Income (incl Social Grants)

Income (R)	People	% of population
R 204,801–	0	0.0%
R 102,401–204,800	124	0.0%
R 51,201–102,400	0	0.0%
R 25,601–51,200	170	0.1%
R 12,801–25,600	408	0.2%
R 6,401–12,800	2,768	1.1%
R 3,201–6,400	3,478	1.4%
R 1,601–3,200	3,867	1.5%
R 801–1,600	32,606	12.7%
R 401–800	15,222	6.0%
R 1–400	27,084	10.6%
No income	166,165	64.9%