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New Germany is an industrial town situated just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It has been incorporated firstly into Pinetown and now into eThekwini . Originally Neu-Deutschland and subsequently translated, the name refers to settlement of the area by German immigrants in 1848. [ 2 ]
New Germany Nature Reserve is a protected area of coastal grassland and forest overlooking the suburb of New Germany outside of Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [1] The reserve consists of a nature park featuring a walk-through aviary and snake display, and grasslands to the south of the park which can be explored by foot.
This is a list of cities and towns found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They are divided according to the districts in which they are located. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean, Durban is the busiest port city in sub-Saharan Africa and was formerly named Port Natal. North of the harbour and city centre lies the mouth of the Umgeni River ; the flat city centre rises to the hills of the Berea on the west; and to the south, running along the ...
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) and ten district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into forty-three local municipalities.
In March 1848 a group of Germans, brought out by Jonas Bergtheil, arrived in Port Natal to settle the area and farm cotton. [2] They established several farms both in Westville and neighbouring New Germany (the two settlements are separated by the Palmiet Valley), and were a tight-knit community. The Westville settlers would travel through ...
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Scarp forest is a threatened forest type, protected by South Africa's forests act of 1998, [5] while the grassland is classified as KwaZulu-Natal sandstone sourveld, the most threatened terrestrial habitat in the Durban metropole. [6] The reserve was established in 1950 and was augmented by land donations as late as 1999. [4]