While Ballito has always been a popular seaside destination for Durban locals, it was the opening of the King Shaka International Airport in May 2010 that really put this coastal gem on the map.

KZN boomtown Ballito to get R1.4 billion regional shopping centre.

The national Property specialists' In2assets have been afforded the opportunity to showcase a prime Investment Property at its upcoming Commercial Property Auction on 29 July 2014.

With the coastal areas north of Durban continuing to attract home buyers, further boosted by commercial growth in areas such as Umhlanga, the town of Ballito is rapidly becoming more a permanent residential destination than a holiday location as the demand for housing spreads ever further north, says Clive Greene, Pam Golding Properties area principal in Ballito.

So you thought Ballito was just a holiday town in a quaint sugar cane-growing patch on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Think again.

Ballito remains an ideal holiday destination with fine weather and beautiful vistas but it also has a growing business district, excellent private schools and several top class shopping centres, cinemas, hospitals and hotels.  And with this growth comes a burgeoning infrastructure crisis as Ballito Bay 'bursts at the seams'