Maphumulo is a town in
Ilembe District Municipality
iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza. The majority (82%) of its 606,809 people speak Zulu as their first language (2011 census). The district code is DC29. It ...
in the
KwaZulu-Natal
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province of
South Africa
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.
Settlement some 42 km north-west of
Stanger
KwaDukuza is a municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In 2006, the municipal name was changed to KwaDukuza (which incorporates small towns such as Stanger, Balito, Shaka's Kraal, but the Zulu people in the area called it "Dukuza" well before ...
and 38 km south-east of
Kranskop. Named after the Mapumulo Zulu people who came to live here after being driven out by
Shaka; the name is said to mean ‘heaven of rest’.
This village had a trading store (owned by J.O. Christie
) a police station, a
magistrate's court
A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.
Courts
* Magistrates' court (England and Wales)
* Magistrate's Cour ...
, and a post office - all during the 1940s and 1950s.
References
Populated places in the Maphumulo Local Municipality
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