This small town was established in 1873 as an outpost on the troubled East Griqualand border and named for Walter Harding, a judge of the Natal Supreme…
The first train travellers rode into town in 1901 aboard the rapidly expanding South Coast Railway. The town, however, remained nameless until a decade…
Margate is the main town in the area and was named for a coastal town in England. It has been a holiday town since 1918. Margate and its surrounding…
Norwegian pioneers were the first people to farm this fertile terrain, naming it after the agile little antelope prevalent in the area at that time. The…
Named after Richard Pennington, an early resident who owned the estate on which the town was laid out, the town is not only the centre of a large sugar cane…
Port Edward was originally named Kennington after TK (Ken) Pringle, the original owner of the area. It experienced many name changes as the property changed…
This town is the largest on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. The town had its origins in the 1860s as it held promise as a port for coasters. The port fell…
The safe and beautiful beach at Scottburgh, Scott Bay, makes this town an ideal tourist destination. The town was surveyed in 1860 as the first township…
Initially known to the Zulu population as “Ntsaba”, Alfred Eyles first named the area “The Lookout” when he built a wattle and daub mission nearby. However,…
The town of Umkomaas is a popular holiday destination. It was developed in the 1860s as a port for the shipment of sugar. Its name is a corruption of the…
