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