uMshwathi LM sits in the KwaZulu-Natal province as a local municipality of uMgungundlovu District Municipality. The uMshwathi Municipality features transportation networks such as the R33 (Old Greytown Road) and the R614 (Wartburg Road) which provide linkages from main centres such as Durban and Pietermaritzburg, to the interior of the province such as Greytown and Dundee. At a local level, both the R33 and the R614 have been identified as primary corridors that have the potential to become key development routes within the Municipality and Province by linking markets, places and people.