Boboyi, or Bhobhoyi, is a settlement in
KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. It is located 8 km west of
Port Shepstone and is named after the Boboyi River which runs through the village.
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It is surrounded in the neighbourhood by
Murchison, Mobatsha and Merlewood. It is situated along the
N2 national road between Port Shepstone and
Ezinqoleni.
History
Boboyi along with its neighbour of Murchison were formed under the Nsimbini Tribal Authority which became part of the
KwaZulu bantustan. The little homeland budget designated for development shows that there was very little service delivery in these area which is still prevalent till this day. Post-apartheid (from 1994), the village was included into the province of
KwaZulu-Natal and in 2000 it was placed under the local governance of 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 ...
(now
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 ...
) and
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 ...
.
References
Populated places in the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality
KwaZulu-Natal South Coast