Imbabazane

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Municipal area until 2016
Coat of arms of the municipality

Imbabazane ( English Imbabazane Local Municipality ) was a municipality in the South African district of Uthukela in the province of KwaZulu-Natal . The administrative seat of the municipality was Ntabamhlophe. Phindile Gladys Strydom was the last mayor. The African National Congress last provided the majority in the local council. The church went up in 2016 in the Inkosi Langalibalele municipality.

The parish name is the name of a native tree. In 2011 the community had 113,073 inhabitants. It covered an area of ​​1426 square kilometers. The community was founded in 2000 and could be divided into two areas: Ntabamhlophe and the Loskop area. There were six traditional authority areas, administrative units of traditional tribal leaders, in the municipality.

A major problem in the community was HIV and AIDS . Young pregnant women were particularly affected by the disease.

geography

To the northwest, Imbabazane was bordered by Okhahlamba and to the east by Umtshezi , with whom it merged in 2016. The uMgungundlovu district was south of the community and the former Giant’s Castle Game Reserve district management area to the south-west . The community was in the foothills of the Drakensberg on the border with the world heritage site uKhahlamba-Drakensberg-Park .

There were no cities in the parish.

economy

Imbabazane was a very rural parish with no urban areas and the economically weakest parish in the district. Estcourt was the closest town and serves as a shopping and service center for the community. The main economic sector was agriculture. Forestry was mainly used. The international company Masonite had a wood processing plant here. There were also some farms. However, agriculture was hampered by private livestock farming. The animals were not kept out of the fields. The manufacturing industry and tourism were very weak. In Loskop there was a shoe and a textile factory. Much of the population worked outside the parish in Estcourt and Ladysmith .

Attractions

In Imbabazane there were several species-rich areas, which, however, have to be better protected and developed in order to be used for tourism.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Imbabazane at localgovernment.co.za (English), accessed on January 8, 2016
  2. ↑ South African Language - Place Names ( English ) Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ Imbabazane Municipality (Ed.), P. 4.
  4. ↑ Imbabazane Municipality (ed.), P. 17.
  5. ↑ a b KwaZulu-Natal Top Business (Ed.).

Coordinates: 29 ° 0 ′  S , 29 ° 53 ′  E