Izingolweni


Izingolweni or eZinqoleni is a town in Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It was founded in the 1870s as a police and administration post. The name comes from the Zulu language word for "place with very shallow holes."
Izingolweni also consists of a school called Izingolweni Primary which is rumored that it was built by the community.

Administration

eZinqoleni is administered by the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality which governs the Lower South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Ezinqoleni was previously administered by the Ezinqoleni Local Municipality but during the 2016 local elections the municipality amalgamated with the Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality to form the new Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality.

Geography

eZinqoleni is located on the KwaZulu-Natal [South Coast] and just west of the Oribi Flats, approximately 37 km west of Port Shepstone, 37 km north-west of Port Edward and 107 km south-east of Kokstad

Transport

Roads

eZinqoleni is bypassed by the N2, routing traffic heading east from Harding and Kokstad towards Port Shepstone. The town can be accessed by turning off the N2 onto the main road from the east and west. The main road continues south-east towards Port Edward as a small rural road named the P284 which was recently rehabilitated in 2024.