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General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Regional Hospital

General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Regional Hospital is a 545-bed regional hospital in Stanger, in the iLembe health district. It is still widely known as Stanger Hospital. Serves about 600 000 people in the iLembe district, and takes referrals from three district hospitals, two community health centres and 33 clinics. Formerly Stanger…

Contact and visiting

Telephone032 437 6000
AddressCorner of King Shaka and Patterson Street
CityStanger, KwaZulu-Natal
Postal code4450
Websitekznhealth.gov.za/provincial-hospitals/general-justice-gizenga-mpanza-regional-hospital
Beds545
Health districtiLembe
Public relationsMr Buyani Cele, 032 437 6304

General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Regional Hospital, Corner of King Shaka and Patterson Street, Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal, 4450  Get directions

Contact details checked 7 September 2026 against the published source. Send a correction if anything has changed.

General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Regional Hospital Visiting Hours

Visiting times
All wards 13:00 to 14:00 and 18:30 to 19:30. Paediatric wards and nursery 12:00 to 13:00 and 18:30 to 19:30

General Justice Gizenga Mpanza runs 4 visiting periods, which is more generous than most hospitals its size and makes it easier to fit a visit around work or transport. The children's wards and the nursery open earlier than the rest of the hospital, so check which ward your patient is in before you set out. Visiting times change without much notice, so confirm on 032 437 6000 before you travel to Stanger.

Who this hospital serves

Serves about 600 000 people in the iLembe district, and takes referrals from three district hospitals, two community health centres and 33 clinics.

About General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Regional Hospital

General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Regional Hospital is a 545-bed regional hospital in Stanger, in the iLembe health district. It is still widely known as Stanger Hospital. Serves about 600 000 people in the iLembe district, and takes referrals from three district hospitals, two community health centres and 33 clinics. Formerly Stanger Hospital, renamed after Umkhonto weSizwe general Justice Gizenga Mpanza, born at Groutville Mission Reserve on 5 September 1937 and imprisoned on Robben Island for 15 years. It sits on the N2, which keeps its trauma unit busy, and delivers 550 to 600 babies a month.

Medical aid networks

This facility does not appear on any of the scheme network lists we hold. That does not mean it is not covered, only that we cannot confirm it. Open the network checker or ask your scheme.