Drummond is a town in eThekwini Metro in the

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...

province of

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. The village is 45 km west of

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. It was named after F C Drummond, former director of the Natal Land and Colonisation Company. It is famous for being the halfway mark of the

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. Visit the local community website for more information on this area and the local events and entertainment available (www.seeupperhighway.com)

References

Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub