Kwangwanase – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Manguzi or kwaNgwanase (formerly Kosi Bay town) is a rural community in Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is located some 15 km south of the Mozambique-South Africa border, and is situated near Kosi…


Ladysmith – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is 230 kilometres (140 mi) north-west of Durban and 365 kilometres (227 mi) south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textile…


Howick – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Howick is a town located in the uMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The town is 1050 m above sea level, and about 88 kilometres from the port city of Durban. It enjoys warm…


Hlabisa – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Hlabisa is a settlement in Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Village between the Hluhluwe and Umfolozi game reserves, some 40 km north-west of Mtubatuba. Named after the Hlabisa tribe of…


Greytown – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Greytown is a town situated on the banks of a tributary of the Umvoti River in a richly fertile timber-producing area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. History Greytown was established in the 1850s and named after the…


Scottburgh – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Scottburgh (pronounced scott-burra) is a resort town situated on the mouth of the Mpambanyoni River (confuser of birds), 58 km south of Durban on KwaZulu-Natal South Coast in South Africa. Neighbouring towns include Pennington, Renishaw, Freeland…