Izingolweni or Ezinqoleni is a town in
Ugu District Municipality
Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. ''Ugu'' is Zulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district ...
in the
KwaZulu-Natal province of
South Africa
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. It was founded in the 1870s as a police and administration post. The name comes from the
Zulu language
Zulu (), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal ...
word for "place with very shallow holes."
Izingolweni also consists of a school called Izingolweni Primary which is rumored that it was built by the community.
This very school is the center of excellence in the place.
It is very exceptional and produces very fine learners each year.
Administration
Ezinqoleni is administered by the
Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality
Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast local municipal ...
which governs the Lower South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Ezinqoleni was previously administered by the
Ezinqoleni Local Municipality but during the 2016 local elections the municipality amalgamated with the
Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality
Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality was a local municipality in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It governed the Hibiscus Coast on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast which attracts tourists from the province and other provinces as well as ...
to form the new Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality.
Geography
Ezinqoleni is located on the
KwaZulu-Natal South Coast on the far south of the province. It also lies on N2 national road about 40 km west of
Port Shepstone and 107 km south-east of
Kokstad
Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, as i ...
.
Sources
*
Erasmus, B.P.J. (1995). ''
Op Pad in Suid-Afrika''. Jonathan Ball Uitgewers. .
References
Populated places in the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality
KwaZulu-Natal South Coast
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