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Port Shepstone was founded in 1867 when marble was discovered near the Mzimkhulu River mouth and is named after Sir Theophilus Shepstone of the Natal government of the 1880s. [ 3 ] : 331 William Bazley began building a harbour, and the work was later taken over by William Barnes Kinsey, who was the engineer in charge of building Port Shepstone ...
Pienaars River–Marble Hall: 2003 Pentrich–Mkondeni 2004 Service line. Part of old alignment of the Natal main line. Alfred County Railway: 2004 Narrow gauge. Started 1988, Port Shepstone–Harding: Cor Delfos–Mooiplaas 2004? Service line to PPC Dolomite quarry at Erasmia near Pretoria, passed through Laudium: Sannaspos–Zastron: 2006 ...
Port Shepstone Lighthouse. The Port Shepstone Lighthouse is an 8 m high, round cast iron tower in Port Shepstone, at the mouth of the Umzimkulu River on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was commissioned on 10 March 1905. The lighthouse is painted with a checkered black and white pattern.
Marburg is situated in a hilly area approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of the Port Shepstone CBD and is bounded by the N2 freeway to the east. Marburg is situated among the suburbs of Merlewood, Grosvenor, Umbango, Protea Park and Albersville.
Sea Park is situated on the coastal R102 route connecting Melville (6 km) to the north with Port Shepstone (5 km) to the south. The village is bounded by the Mhlangamkhulu River to the north, beyond which lies Southport and the Mtentweni River to the south, beyond which lies Umtentweni.
It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC21. The largest towns in the municipality are Port Shepstone, Margate, Umzinto, Scottburgh and Harding.