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Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg · KwaZulu-Natal

Typical price
R 1 100 000
Estimate
Typical rent
R 7 200 /month
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Gross yield
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12-month growth
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Yields and growth are Investor data - that plan opens soon.Each figure is tagged with its source: municipal valuation rolls brought up to today with Stats SA's Residential Property Price Index, Stats SA's index for growth, homes sold or let on Property HQ once a suburb has enough, or Property HQ's own rough-guide estimate. Live figures are worked out from asking prices in listings on Property HQ.

Capital city value with student and government rental demand.

For sale To rent

Crime statistics

Reported to Pietermaritzburg police stationJan-Mar 2026vs Jan-Mar 2025
Burglary at residential premises 25+14%
Robbery at residential premises 5+67%
Carjacking 4+33%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 9+50%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 470%
Murder 90%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 91-1%
Common robbery 68-27%
Source: South African Police Service crime statistics for the Pietermaritzburg station, which may cover more than Pietermaritzburg. Reported crime only - not every crime is reported.

Power and water outages

Power

No outages reported

Water

No outages reported

In the last 90 days, as reported by Property HQ members who live here - not from the municipality or Eskom.

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Municipality: Msunduzi

Not submitted on time (2023/24)

The municipality didn't submit its accounts for audit on time - itself a sign of weak financial management.

2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24

1 of the last 5 audits were clean or unqualified - and getting worse.

Source: Auditor-General outcomes via National Treasury's Municipal Money, checked 10 Nov 2026. Financial years run July to June. The municipality is matched from the suburb's position on the map.

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