Mobeni


Mobeni is a suburb of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms part of the heavily industrialised South Durban Basin, a sub-region south of Durban.

Subdivisions

Mobeni is a collective of three suburbs that lie between Chatsworth and the Bluff, namely the industrial suburbs of Mobeni East and Mobeni West and the residential suburb of Mobeni Heights. Mobeni Heights lies west of the N2 along the M1 towards Chatsworth. Mobeni West lies between the N2 and R102 and Mobeni East lies between the M4 and Jacobs.

Location

Mobeni is located approximately 9 kilometres south-west of the Durban CBD, bordered by Clairwood to the north, the Bluff to the east, Reunion to the south, Chatsworth to the south-west and Woodlands and Montclair to the west.

Transport

Roads

It is positioned in a strategic corridor between the N2 and M4 highways. The N2 to the west connects KwaDukuza in the north with Port Shepstone in the south, while the M4 to the east provides a direct route between the Durban CBD in the north-east and Umlazi and Isipingo in the south-west. The R102 forms Mobeni’s main arterial spine, connecting Rossburgh and Umbilo in the north-east with Umlazi and Isipingo to the south-west.