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Lamontville, Durban — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Lamontville is a township in eThekwini, the Durban municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, and the home area of Victoria Mxenge and Babes Wodumo.
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Where to stay in Lamontville
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Formal rooms are thin on the ground in Lamontville. Most visitors book in Durban instead, where the eThekwini hotel stock is concentrated, and come out to the township by day rather than sleeping there. Beds need arranging ahead.
Anyone set on a night inside the township should settle it in advance, since the choice here is small and informal beside the rest of eThekwini.
Few places to stay in Lamontville — most visitors book in Durban nearby.
About Lamontville
What are the main landmarks in Lamontville?
Lamontville carries no listed monuments. The names attached to it are people rather than buildings, Dlala Thukzin, Victoria Mxenge and Babes Wodumo all count as figures of the township, and it is by that roll of names that the area is identified beyond eThekwini. Visitors find residential streets rather than gated attractions.
What is the history of Lamontville?
The township form is what the record for Lamontville starts from: an area laid out as a township inside what became the eThekwini municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa. Its past is a settlement past. Later accounts of the place lean on the people who came out of it, Victoria Mxenge among them, and that roll is how Lamontville is usually introduced to anyone outside Durban.
Where is Lamontville?
The township lies inside the eThekwini municipality, part of the built-up spread of Durban within the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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What is the best area to stay in Lamontville?
Lamontville: day visits to the Lamontville township. Central Durban: eThekwini hotel stock within reach of Lamontville.
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Updated September 2026