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uMkhanyakude spans four local municipalities linked by the N2 corridor, from the wetlands of Kosi Bay to the game reserves around Hluhluwe and the waters of Jozini.

District overview

Kosi Bay to Jozini

Four local municipalities, two international borders and a coastline, strung along the N2 and the R22. Below, five places that anchor the district’s investment corridor. A zoomable project map is being developed alongside the district GIS portal.

District locality plan

uMkhanyakude District Municipality locality plan showing the district boundary, the four local municipalities, towns, the N2 national route, the R22 provincial route, railways and the borders with Mozambique and Eswatini

N2 national route R22 and provincial roads Railway

uMkhanyakude Spatial Development Framework — District Locality Plan, November 2024. Scale 1:575 000.

Kosi Bay

A lake and estuary system on the Mozambique border, part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

Projects here

Kosi Bay Border Node · iSimangaliso Commercialisation

Mkuze

Gateway town to Mkhuze Game Reserve and the district's agricultural heartland.

Projects here

Mkuze Airport City

Jozini

Home to Jozini Dam — formed by the Pongolapoort Dam wall — a major water resource and lakeside tourism destination.

Projects here

Cassava Processing Plant

Hluhluwe

Tourism and commercial node on the N2, bordering Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park.

Projects here

Hluhluwe Mixed-Use · Route 22 Tourism Corridor

Mtubatuba

The district's administrative and commercial hub, close to iSimangaliso and Sodwana Bay.

Projects here

Nkodibe Interchange · Government City Precinct