Nquthu is a town in Umzinyathi District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Village 24km west-south-west of Barklieside and 53km east of Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal. Of Zulu origin, the name is derived from ingqutu, ‘flat-topped vessel’, descriptive of a nearby hill from which the village takes its name.