The City of uMhlathuze (KZ 282) is situated on the north-east coast of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, about 180 kilometres north-east of Durban. The City of uMhlathuze comprises of the central business districts of Richards Bay, eMpangeni, Heatonville and Buchanana in Ntambanana.

Sohar Aluminium Company is the first Aluminium smelter in the Sultanate of Oman. Established in 2004, it is under the ownership of Oman Oil Company, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC – TAQA and Rio Tinto, a leading aluminium mining and production company.

The Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation Limited (RES Corporation), located in the north-eastern Lowveld is one of the largest companies in Eswatini. The company employs over 3 500 people and produces two-thirds of the country’s sugar and 35.3m litres of ethanol a year. RES manages its own sugar cane on two estates and also some farms on behalf of third parties.

Established in 1992, ERWAT provides bulk wastewater conveyance and treatment to thousands of industries and more than 3,5 million people. It currently operates 19 wastewater treatment works that release between 700 to 1000 megalitres of wastewater, both domestic and industrial, per day.

Tronox Limited is an American worldwide chemical company involved in the titanium products industry with approximately 7,000 employees. Following its acquisition of the mineral sands business formerly belonging to South Africa's Exxaro Resources, Tronox is the largest fully integrated seller and marketer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment, which provides brightness to applications such as coatings, plastics and paper.

The Joe Gqabi District Municipality (previously Ukhahlamba District Municipality) is a Category C municipality located within the Eastern Cape. It borders the Free State Province and country of Lesotho to the north. The municipality is located to the north of the OR Tambo and Chris Hani District Municipalities, to the east of the Northern Cape, and to the west of Alfred Nzo.

eThekwini Water and Sanitation is a unit of the eThekwini municipality and is responsible for the provision of water and sanitation services to all customers in the municipality. We have as our core values, a customer focus, cost consciousness and a concern for the well-being of our staff.

Umgeni Water, a state-owned entity, is one of Africa’s most successful organizations involved in water management and is the largest supplier of bulk potable water in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The organisation was established in 1974, to provide water services – water supply and sanitation services – to other water services institutions in its service area.

Rockwell Automation, Inc., is an American provider of industrial automation and information technology. Brands include Allen-Bradley and FactoryTalk software. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs over 23,000 people and has customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Based in KwaZulu- Natal, Mhlathuze Water's area of supply. covers some 37 000km2 stretching from the uThukela River in. the South and up the East Coast to the Mozambique and. Swaziland borders, around Vryheid and back to the uThukela River.