Amajuba District Municipality, is new municipality established with effect from 05 December 2000, having been demarcated from Umzinyathi Regional Council. It is strategically located in the north-west corner of KwaZulu-Natal. The District comprises of areas formerly within the Umzinyathi Sub-region and the Central and Northern Sub-regions.

In terms of this new demarcations, Amajuba District Municipality comprises of three Local Municipalities, namely:

Newcastle

Utrecht and

Dannhauser

Amajuba is an isiZulu name meaning “a place of doves”. The impis of King Shaka named the area Amajuba in 1825. It is associated with peace and it is a world-renowned name. The area is also the site of a battle in which the Boers defeated the British in 1881.