KwaMakhutha is a township in

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, located south-west of

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and means "at the Makhutha location".

Geography

KwaMakhutha is situated approximately 29 km south-west of

and forms part of the

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The majo ...

which is Durban's greater

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. KwaMakhutha is bordered by Ezimbokodweni in the north,

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in the east, Bhekulwandle in the south and Adams Mission in the west.

Infrastructure

KwaMakhutha has a police station, library, a few churches and a masjid. The nearest shopping centres are Galleria Mall and Arbour Crossing in

, Philani Valley Mall and KwaMuthwa Shopping Centre in

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Primary & Secondary Schools

*Habiyana Primary School *KwaMakhutha High School *Kwathambo Primary School *Magama School *Sesifikile Primary School *Umkhumbi High School *Jaja primary school *Masakhaneni high school *Yiboni Primary School

Higher Educational Facilities

* Coastal KZN TVET College

KwaMakhutha Massacre

On 21 January 1987, 13 people, mostly women and children, were killed when gunmen opened fire with AK47s on the home of UDF activist and the treasurer and area organiser of the KwaMakhutha Youth League (KYL), Mr. Bheki Ntuli, at KwaMakhutha. Mr Ntuli was not at home at the time. Twenty people, including the former Minister of Defence, General

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, and the IFP leader, Mr MZ Khumalo, were acquitted in the Durban Supreme Court in 1996 for their part in an alleged conspiracy between former state structures and the IFP to carry out the attack. Two former IFP members were granted amnesty for their role in Operation Marion, in which the SADF MI's Special Tasks provided paramilitary training and support to the IFP in a joint effort to combat the revolutionary threat posed by the ANC.

Notable People

* Menzi Ndwandwe

References

{{reflist Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality