No public clinic named “Overport Clinic” appears on an official source. The facility trading under a similar name in Overport is private. For municipal primary health care in Durban, eThekwini runs 59 fixed and 41 mobile clinics, and the route to them is the City on 080 311 1111, free to call, or 031 311 1111.
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If this is an emergency
Call 10177 for an ambulance, or 112 from any mobile phone. Both are free. A clinic, whether municipal or private, is not an emergency unit.
Verified contact routes
Read on eThekwini Municipality sources on 24 August 2026.
| What it is for | Contact |
|---|---|
| City contact centre, toll free | 080 311 1111 |
| eThekwini Municipality switchboard | 031 311 1111 |
| Customer services email | [email protected] |
| City Hall | 263 Dr Pixley Ka Seme Street, Durban, 4000 |
| Hours | Mon to Fri, 08:00 to 17:00 |
| KZN Department of Health, toll free | 0800 205 334 |
| Ambulance, nationally | 10177 or 112 |
The City also runs Sizakala Customer Service Centres across the municipality for walk-in help with any council query, which is often quicker than the phone.
Why we publish no number for “Overport Clinic”
Because the listings that carry one are demonstrably unreliable. One directory records an Overport clinic at a Durban street address, then gives a Limpopo postal code for it. Another lists it under a road in a different suburb entirely. When listing sites contradict each other and themselves, none of them is evidence.
- Check whether you want public or private care first. A private clinic in Overport bills you or your medical scheme. A municipal clinic is means-tested.
- For municipal care, phone the City and give your suburb, rather than searching for a clinic by name.
- For a private practice, use its own website if it has one, not a listing site.
The mobile clinics are worth asking about
Alongside its fixed clinics, eThekwini runs 41 mobile clinics. They are the part of the service most people do not know exists, and they matter if getting to a building is the problem rather than the care itself.
- They run to a schedule, visiting set points on set days, so the question to ask is when one is next in your area.
- They handle primary care: routine consultations, chronic medicine, immunisation, family planning and screening.
- Ask the City contact centre for the schedule covering your area, giving the suburb.
Municipal or provincial
In the metros, primary health care is split. eThekwini Municipality runs a large share of the clinics; the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health runs the hospitals and takes referrals upward. A complaint about a City clinic goes to the City, not the province, and phoning the wrong one is the usual reason people are transferred in circles.
Bring your identity document, clinic card, Road to Health booklet for immunisations, current medicines in their packaging, and proof of income where you have it. Fees are means-tested, and pregnant women and children under six are treated free of charge.
Complaints
- Ask for the facility manager at the clinic and get a reference number.
- Log it with the City on 080 311 1111, at a Sizakala centre, or by email, quoting that reference.
- Then the Health Ombud on 080 911 6472, which covers municipal clinics as well as hospitals.
- Conduct by a named nurse or doctor goes to the South African Nursing Council or the HPCSA.
Related contact pages
- Healthcare contact pages
- Public hospitals and clinics contact details
- Municipality contact pages
- How to verify a contact number before you use it
Frequently asked questions
What is the number for Overport Clinic?
No public clinic of that name appears on an official source, and the directory listings contradict each other. For a municipal clinic, phone the City on 080 311 1111 and give your suburb.
Is there a government clinic in Overport?
eThekwini runs 59 fixed and 41 mobile clinics across the municipality. The City will tell you which one covers your address.
What is a mobile clinic?
A clinic service that visits set points on set days rather than operating from a building. Ask the City contact centre for the schedule covering your area.
What is a Sizakala centre?
A walk-in customer service centre run by eThekwini for any council query. There are several across the municipality.
City or province?
The City runs a large share of Durban’s clinics; the province runs the hospitals. Complaints follow whoever runs the facility.
Routes on this page were read on eThekwini Municipality sources on 24 August 2026. Where a detail has changed, the official source is always the authority.