| La Mercy | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -29.6333°N 39°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | eThekwini |
| Leader Name: | Jamessons |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 27.73 |
| Population Total: | 2779 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 41.6% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.8% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 48.2% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 7.4% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.9% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 57.0% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 23.2% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 12.8% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 2.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 4.5% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 4399 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 4405 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
La Mercy is a suburb of the eThekwini municipality about north of Durban, South Africa. It is the location of Durban's King Shaka International Airport. It has four distinct areas - The airport precinct, the main residential area, a shanty town, and a beach-front strip of apartments along South Beach Road. Locals refer to the suburb as No Mercy, due to the failing infrastructure and little support from the municipality.
Although host to an international airport, La Mercy is a small suburb, with no shopping center or public transport to speak of; severely lacking in communal infrastructure such as pavements and public parks. La Mercy also has a very dilapidated infrastructure, nothing has been maintained in the past 30 years, and there are constant issues with electricity and water, since the 2022 floods, nothing has been properly repaired. The Ethekweni municipality is one of the worst performing municipalities in South Africa.
There is one under-utilised primary school (La Mercy Primary), two hotels (La Mercy Beach Hotel and Seabelle) with restaurants, two shops, and a community hall.
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