Editing Amanzimtoti (section)

==Etymology==
According to local legend,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://amanzimtoti.kzn.org.za/index.php?cityhome+662+++57619 |title=KZN News |access-date=24 November 2010 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006144420/http://amanzimtoti.kzn.org.za/index.php?cityhome+662+++57619 |url-status=dead }}</ref> when the [[Zulu Kingdom|Zulu]] king [[Shaka]] led his army down the south coast on a raid against the [[Pondos]] in 1828, he rested on the banks of a river. When drinking the water, he exclaimed "Kanti amanzi amtoti" ([[isiZulu]]: "So the water is sweet"). The river came to be known as Amanzimtoti ("Sweet Waters"). The Zulu word for "sweet" is actually ''mnandi'', but, as Shaka's mother had the name Nandi, he invented the word ''mtoti'' to replace ''mnandi'' out of respect not to wear out her name. Locals frequently refer to the town as "Toti".<ref name="TotiTimes">{{cite news|last=Howard|first=G.|date=April 2000|title=South Coast Sun|work=Times of Toti}}</ref> In 2009 the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Geographical Names Committee recommended changing the town's name to aManzamtoti/eManzamtoti.<ref name="IOLRewrite">{{cite web|work=IOL News|title=Get ready to rewrite the map of KwaZulu-Natal|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20031007033359722C450824&set_id=1|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref>

=== Name change ===
In November 2009, the [[eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality]] submitted a list of places in the municipality to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Geographic Names Committee to be changed from their anglicised names to the correct Zulu spelling. In the list, the town "Amanzimtoti" was recommended to be changed to "eManzamtoti" and the [[Amanzimtoti River]] was recommended to be changed to "aManzamtoti".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/more-name-changes-465724|title=More name changes|access-date=14 June 2023|website=iol.co.za}}</ref> 

On 1 October 2010, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture gazetted the list of approved name changes which included the town and river of Amanzimtoti, however the gazetted names were slightly different to the ones initially recommended with Amanzimtoti town spelt as "eManzimtoti" and Amanzimtoti River as "aManzimtoti".<ref>[https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/33584848.pdf Approval of official geographical names] Official Gazette</ref> However, no changes have been made on road signs in Amanzimtoti regarding the spelling and many Durbanites and residents and businesses of Amanzimtoti still spell the town with its original spelling.