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Bergville - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E

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Bergville
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Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E / -28.733; 29.367
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uThukela
Municipality	Okhahlamba
Area ^[1]
• Total	2.74 km² (1.06 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	4,890
• Density	1,800/km² (4,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	60.4%
• Indian/Asian	14.6%
• White	20.0%
• Other	3.8%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Zulu	82.2%
• English	12.1%
• Afrikaans	1.3%
• Sign language	2.3%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	3350
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 Johannesburg and Durban and is also known as the gateway to the Northern Drakensberg holiday resorts. It lies on Route R74, which is a more scenic alternative to the N3 Toll Road. This route takes one via the Oliviershoek Pass, traditionally used to access the Drakensberg, from Johannesburg. Bergville is most easily reached from Durban by turning off the N3 after Estcourt, joining the R74 through Winterton towards the mountain.

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

World Vision^[3]
Disability Information Project^[4]
Bergville Community Builders^[5]^[6]^[7]

Photo gallery

Bergville Community Builders Career Day at Ukhahlamba 2008
SAIEE and Wits students ran workshops for Bergville science teachers 2008

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bergville.

Notable people

Sjava (Jabulani Hadebe), singer, born 1983
Big Zulu (Siyabonga Nene), rapper, born 1987

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

Bergville on Central Drakensberg Information Centre site

v t e Municipalities and communities of UThukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
District seat: Ladysmith
Alfred Duma	Brakfontein Colenso Danskraal Driefontein Ekuvukeni Elandslaagte Kleinfontein Kliprivier Ladysmith Van Reenen Waayhoek Watersmeet	UThukela District within South Africa
Inkosi Langalibalele	Cornfields Estcourt Frere Goodhome Weenen Wembezi
Okhahlamba	Bergville Geluksburg Moyeni Rookdale Winterton

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