Ugu District Municipality is one of the ten district municipalities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal which is one of the nine (9) provinces of the Republic of South Africa. Ugu District Municipality is located in the South Coast. It is 5 866 km² in extent and boasts a spectacular coastline of 112 kilometres, which forms its eastern border. The region is bordered on the north by the Ethekwini Municipality, in the west by Umgungundlovu District Municipality and Sisonke District Municipality and on the southern side it borders with the Eastern Cape Province. The municipality consists of eighty one (81) municipal wards, which culminate into local municipalities, namely Ray Nkonyeni, Umzumbe, Umdoni and Umuziwabantu . The region also boasts forty two traditional authorit