District Uthungulu Established 1888 Local time Saturday 2:51 PM | Elevation 740 m (2,430 ft) Area code 035 | |
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Weather 32°C, Wind NE at 13 km/h, 32% Humidity | ||
Melmoth is a small town situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town was established in the Mthonjaneni district after the annexation of Zululand by the United Kingdom in 1887 and was named after Sir Melmoth Osborn. Large wattle plantations were set up and a wattle bark factory was established in 1926. The district is also planted with sugar cane from the outskirts of the town and into the surrounding villages. The government-funded hospital in Melmoth is St Marys kwaMagwaza Hospital that caters for the people of Melmoth and surrounding villages.
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Map of Melmoth, South Africa
The main road to Piet Retief is extremely busy during holiday periods.
Vehicle registrations in Melmoth start with NO - N for Natal, O for Osborn.
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Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA