Bergville
Bergville | ||
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PO box 3350 | ||
| Area code | 036 | |
Bergville is a small town situated in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was established as Bergville Mountain Village in 1897 and is now the commercial centre for a 2,500 km2 dairy and cattle ranching area. A blockhouse was built by the British soldiers in the town during the Second Boer War
Bergville is equidistant from
Bergville is composed mostly of three land areas: the town markert and it's near villages; Amangwane, Amazizi, Acton Homes, Thintwa Village, Rookdale, Bethany, Geluksburg, Woodford and the CBD. Amazizi includes Emazizini and Obonjaneni. Whiles Amangwane are the biggest areas with names such as Emaswazini, Ngoba, Dukuza, Zwelisha, Emoyeni, Emakhosaneni, Ndunwane, Stulwane, Khokhwane, and Magagangangozi. Sanele Mthembu, a well known Programmer also comes from there.
Other towns in the immediate region include
- Ladysmith on the R616
- Acton Homes on the R616 towards Ladysmith
- Geluksburg
- Thintwa Village
- Jagersrust on the R74 towards Harrismith - living quarters for workers of the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme
Services
- Emmaus Hospital[2]
Projects in the Bergville Area
Photo gallery
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Bergville Community Builders Career Day at Ukhahlamba 2008 -
SAIEE and Wits students ran workshops for Bergville science teachers 2008
Notable people
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Bergville". Census 2011.
- ^ "History of Emmaus Provincial Hospital".
- ^ "Community Profile".
- ^ "Report of the Disability Information Project (DIP) in the Emtshezi/Okhahlamba district | Health Systems Trust". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Giving back to the community | News | M&G". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Bergville Community Builders Support Project | School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Spescom Company News | Spescom CIO Viv Crone wins SAIEE Engineer of the Year award".
External links
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