uMdoni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District

Ugu District Municipality

Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 704 001 people speak IsiZulu...

 of KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. Umdoni is an isiZulu

Zulu language

Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...

 name for the indegeous tree, Mdoni (Syzgium gerrardi).

The urban areas of the municipality comprise the coastal towns of Scottburgh, Park Rynie, Pennington

Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal

Pennington is a small coastal town on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Apart from a large sugarcane and dairy farming, it also hosts scores of holiday makers who flock to the seaside during the December holidays....

, Sezela, Bazely, Ifafa, Elysium and Mtwalume, and the inland towns of Umzinto/Umzinto North, including Shayamoya and Esperanza.