The Big 5 False Bay Local Municipality was a local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal’s Umkhanyakude District until August 2016, when it merged with Hlabisa Local Municipality to form Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality.
It covered the False Bay section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and adjoining rural wards on the western shore of Lake St Lucia, with settlements including KwaJozana, KwaNibela, Manzibomvu, Mnqobokazi and Somerset. The area took its name from the “Big Five” game found in the neighbouring Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park system, and False Bay itself.
These towns and villages are now profiled under Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality, the current municipal authority for the area.
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