La Mercy is a suburb of the
eThekwini municipality about north of
Durban
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,
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. It is the location of Durban's
King Shaka International Airport. It has four distinct areas - The airport precinct, the main residential area, a shanty town, and a beach-front strip of apartments along South Beach Road.
Although host to an international airport, La Mercy is a small suburb, with no shopping center or public transport to speak of; severely lacking in communal infrastructure such as pavements and public parks.
There is one under-utilised primary school (La Mercy Primary), two hotels (La Mercy Beach Hotel and Seabelle) with restaurants, two shops, and a community hall.
References
Saxhuma I
Saxhuma IT
External links
La Mercy websiteLa Mercy IT Team
Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
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