The resort of lsipingo is built on a high ridge of sand at the mouth of the river called isiPhingo by the Zulu, their name for the cat-thorn shrubs that grow in this area.
The celebrated Dick King was given land at lsipingo as a reward for his historic ride on horseback form Durban to Grahamstown. He died at lsipingo in 1871. His homestead has been renovated and is now the headquarters of the local traffic department of the Durban• Southern Metropolitan Council.
Named after David Louw, a pioneer in the area. The economy is based on cattle and maize. Louwsburg...
This is one of the districts of northern kwaZulu-Natal that was once part of the Zuid...
This was once the favourite holiday resort of John Dunn, who was the only white man that was ever...
Gluckstad means 'city of luck' in German. The town was founded by a small group of German farmers...
A new magisterial office was established here in 1887. The locals named it kwaNongoma ('place of...
The town originated during the depression of the 1930's and one of the schemes, to circumvent the...
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