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.​

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

• Newcastle

• Emadlangeni 

• Dannhauser

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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.