The M30 also named Griffiths Mxenge Highway (previously Mangosuthu Highway) is a metropolitan route in the

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The majo ...

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linking the city of

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with

Umbumbulu Umbumbulu is a town in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The township lies near the junction of Highway M30 and R603 about 45 km south-west of Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, fr ...

, south-west of the city via

Umlazi Umlazi is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, located south-west of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its South Municipal Planning Region. It is the fourth largest ...

Route

The M30 begins at the interchange with the

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'South Coast Road' (to

and

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) east of Umlazi Mega City and north of Reunion heading in an easterly direction. The M30 intersects with Phila Ndwandwe Road (to

Isipingo Isipingo is a town situated south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and currently forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. The town is named after the Siphingo River, which in turn is thought to be named (in the Zulu language) f ...

) and the main access road to Umlazi Mega City before proceeding to traverse through the township of

. In Umlazi V, the road bypasses the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital to the south, passing under the main access road to the hospital before intersecting with 'Sibusiso Mdakane Drive', the main road of Umlazi's

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(CBD). It proceeds to pass the

Mangosuthu University of Technology Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) is a university of technology situated in Umlazi near the city of Durban, South Africa, on a site overlooking the Indian Ocean. MUT is located in the academic hub in the eThekwini metropole. It is a resid ...

in Umlazi S, KwaMnyandu Shopping Centre and the

King Zwelithini Stadium King Zwelithini Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Umlazi, a township south-west of Durban, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was initially set to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the ...

in Umlazi D and traverses through Umlazi R, N, M, L, J, K, KwaMgaga and Umlazi DD where the density transitions from peri-urban to rural. The M30 proceeds to leave Umlazi for the rural areas of Inwabi, Ezinyathi, Esidweni and Madundube before reaching

and ending at the intersection with the R603 'Umbumbulu Road' (to Umlaas Road,

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and Kingsburgh).

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