List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal


province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality and ten district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into forty-three local municipalities.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.

District and metropolitan municipalities

Local and metropolitan municipalities

Former municipalities

These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
NameCodeDissolvedFate
Ezinqoleni Local MunicipalityKZN2153 August 2016Merged to create Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality
Hibiscus Coast Local MunicipalityKZN2163 August 2016Merged to create Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality
Vulamehlo Local MunicipalityKZN2113 August 2016Annexed by eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and Umdoni Local Municipality
Emnambithi/Ladysmith Local MunicipalityKZN2323 August 2016Merged to create Alfred Duma Local Municipality
Indaka Local MunicipalityKZN2333 August 2016Merged to create Alfred Duma Local Municipality
Umtshezi Local MunicipalityKZN2343 August 2016Merged to create Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality
Imbabazane Local MunicipalityKZN2363 August 2016Merged to create Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality
Big 5 False Bay Local MunicipalityKZN2733 August 2016Merged to create Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality
Hlabisa Local MunicipalityKZN2743 August 2016Merged to create Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality
Ntambanana Local MunicipalityKZN2833 August 2016Annexed by Mthonjaneni, uMfolozi and uMhlathuze Local Municipalities
Ingwe Local MunicipalityKZN4313 August 2016Merged to create Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality
Kwa Sani Local MunicipalityKZN4323 August 2016Merged to create Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality