The Big Five False Bay is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Big Five animals (Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Cape Buffalo and Rhino) which are found in the game reserves that are located in the area e. g. the Hluhluwe game reserve, the Mfolozi game reserve and the Khinda game reserve. False Bay is part of the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park and it forms part of the newly established municipality.

The municipality is generally characterised by isolated rural communities with high levels of poverty. The most significant land use is subsistence ag...

uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality is one of the five municipalities in the jurisdiction of uMkhanyakude District Municipality, situated in the northeastern part of Kwazulu-Natal Province in South Africa. The municipality is one of the poorest municipalities in the country; it encompasses a World Heritage Site and several areas under environmental protection. uMhlabuyalingana was approximately 98% rural in 2001, with a population of 140 963, according to Statistics South Africa. Towns and major settlement nodes in the area include Emanguzi, Mbazwana, Kwangwanase, Maputa, Mbazwana, Mboza, Mseleni and Skhemelele.