Mahlabatini is a small town in

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

, South Africa. It was established in 1898 by the British. Village 48 km south-west of

Nongoma Nongoma is a town in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the seat of the Nongoma Local Municipality. It is situated 300 km north of Durban and 56 km from Ulundi; it is surrounded by the Ngome Forest. It is a busy market town ...

. Established as a Norwegian mission station, it became the seat of magistracy of the Mahlabatini district. The name is Zulu, said to mean ‘country of white, sandy soil’. Known locally as Mashona, situated on the

Mashona Engashoni Ridge Mashona may refer to: * Mashonaland, a region in northern Zimbabwe ** Mashona language, a Bantu language ** Mashona people, a Bantu ethnic group * Mashona mole-rat, a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae * Mashona Washington Mashona ...

. Neighbouring localities include Ulundi (10 km); Melmoth (55 km);

(53 km); Hlabisa (99 km).Travel distances from Mahlabatini
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Populated places in the Ulundi Local Municipality {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub