Luxury resort planned for Durban’s North Coast

DURBAN’S long-awaited
beach resort could
soon become a reality.
KZN MEC for Economic
Development, Tourism and
Environmental Affairs, Mike
Mabuyakhulu, announced plans
to develop a luxury beach resort
during this year’s East3Route
investment seminar hosted at
Mahé, Seychelles, last month.
 “We are thrilled to announce
that our efforts to secure
investment for the beach
resort have gained traction.”
The resort is expected to be
built in Tinley Manor, north of
Ballito, and will be modelled
on the Russian-owned Savoy
Resort in Seychelles. Mike
said a partnership with the
Tongaat Hulett Group had
been established to develop
beach resorts on KZN’s north
coast, using land owned
by the group. A committee
comprising Tourism KZN,
Trade & Investment KZN and
Tongaat Hulett is currently in
discussions with a number of
potential investors to develop
the resorts.
The province has been hoping
to attract investment for a
resort-type hotel for years,
saying the lack of airlift to King
Shaka International Airport
is a direct result of a lack of
appropriate products in the
province. In 2012, TKZN ceo,
Ndabo Khoza, told TNW:
“Air charters are not coming to
Durban because of lack
of appropriate products
and, more specifically,
beach resorts.”