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Legend has it that when the Zulu King Shaka tasted the water in 1828, he said 'Kanti amanza mtoti', meaning 'So, the water is sweet', from where the name of Amanzimtoti originated and also marks the start of it's colourful cultural heritage.
For decades Amanzimtoti was included within a colonial- decreed 'Native Reserve', a circumstance that endured until 1928, when it was surveyed as a 'White Town'. During the intervening years the settlement witnessed the railway's official opening in December 1897, the construction of its first hotel early the following year and the hotel's destruction by fire one year later. A Station Master was appointed in 1902 and this placed Amanzimtoti firmly on the map as a holiday accommodation destination, and within another 30 years it grew to more than 700 European inhabitants, with only Port Shepstone a little bit more to the South having more.
Municipality status was achieved in September 1952, about 50 years after arrival of the first Station Master. Currently it falls under the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (managing Durban as well).
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