EThekwini Municipality is a Category A Municipality found in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of four coastal metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa, alongside Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Buffalo City. Category A Municipalities are characterized by their large populations (over 500,000 permanent residents) and their responsibility for coordinating the delivery of a wide range of services across the entire metropolitan area, such as: Firefighting; Refuse removal and local public Transport. The Area is topographically hilly, with many gorges and ravines, and almost no true coastal plain. Durban has a turbulent history dating from ivory hunters in the 1820s and their conflict with the local Zulu monarchs.
The province has the largest number of battlefields. The World-class Durban Chief Albert LuthuliInternational Convention Centre (ICC) has hosted a historic line-up of events including conferences of a global scale. Durban is the largest City in this Province and the third largest City in the Country. It is a sophisticated cosmopolitan City of over 3 442 398 people (as per 2011 Census). It is known as the home of Africa's best-managed, busiest port and is also a major centre of tourism because of the City's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches.
Experience awe-inspiring world heritage sites such as the coastal iSimangaliso(Greater St Lucia) Wetland Park and the mountainous 'Barrier of Spears' in Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park. Follow in the footsteps of legendary Zulu kings, timeless Indian leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and icons of democracy. Witness the unforgettable sardine Run, see dolphins and whales and glimmering golden beaches with getaway coves. Enjoy the biggest music, sport and arts festivals in an even bigger City life - overlooking the picture-postcard seaport of Durban. Yes it is all true. KZN promises an inexhaustible quota of things to do and places to go to.
eThekwini makes History as first SA metro approved to generate its own electricity (LINK PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING)
