Vision

An aspirant metropolitan Port City focused on investing in quality infrastructure and service delivery in partnership with Traditional Councils, Communities and the Private Sector.

Mission

• The City of uMhlathuze commits itself to:
• Job creation and inclusive economic growth through accelerated economic development and transformation;
• Enhancing industry based skills development and strategic support to education priority programmes;
• Community based initiatives to improve quality of citizens health and well-being;
• Creating safer city through integrated and community based public safety;
• Planned and accelerated rural development interventions;
• Promotion and maintenance of spatial equity and transformation;
• Optimal management of natural resources and commitment to sustainable environmental management;
• Use of Information, Communication and Technology Systems (ICT) to improve productivity and efficiencies in line with Smart City principles; and
• Good governance, capable and developmental municipality