Marburg is a settlement in the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, situated approximately 112 kilometres south-west of the city of Durban.

On July 20, 1882, the first Norwegians ventured aboard the steamship Lapland for their 39-day voyage from Hull, England to Mzimkulu near Port Shepstone, South Africa.

Marburg was one of the four Indian proclaimed townships in the KwaZulu-Natal province and its neighbouring suburb of Merlewood to the west was classified as the "Coloured area" of Port Shepstone.

Marburg is situated in a hilly area approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of the Port Shepstone CBD and is bounded by the N2 freeway to the east.

Marburg is the only major industrial node on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, home to a number of service-sector businesses particularly in the automotive and hardware retail sector.