uMdoni

uMdoni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umdoni is an isiZulu name for the indigenous tree, Mdoni. The Municipality is located about 50 km from Durban and 65 km from Port Shepstone. The urban areas of the municipality comprise the coastal towns of Scottburgh, Park Rynie, Pennington, Sezela, Bazely, Ifafa, Elysium and Mtwalume, and the inland towns of Umzinto / Umzinto North, including Shayamoya and Esperanza. The rural areas contain farms and traditional authority land – the latter composing nearly half of uMdoni municipality. Scottburgh is considered an important commercial and service centre. The town serves as a service and employment centre for tourism and commercial development to the surrounding farming community, as well as the bordering Tribal Authority Areas. The economy of the town is based on tourism, commerce, industry, agriculture and government offices.