Botha's Hill

Botha's Hill
Botha's Hill in 2010
Botha's Hill in 2010
Botha's Hill is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Botha's Hill
Botha's Hill
Botha's Hill is located in South Africa
Botha's Hill
Botha's Hill
Coordinates: 29°45′7.2″S 30°44′24″E / 29.752000°S 30.74000°E / -29.752000; 30.74000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Government
 • TypeWard 103
 • CouncillorJeffrey Mchunu (ANC)
Area
[1]
 • Total
3.85 km2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
2,673
 • Density690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African49.6%
 • Coloured1.1%
 • Indian/Asian5.1%
 • White43.5%
 • Other0.6%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Zulu47.0%
 • English43.0%
 • Afrikaans3.4%
 • Other6.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
3610
PO box
3660
Area code031

Botha's Hill (locally /ˈbʊərtə-/, Afrikaans: [ˈbuəta]) is a small town outside Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It remains a peaceful beautiful hill where regular country style food and craft markets are held. It is the gateway to the Valley of a Thousand Hills. Kearsney College moved to Botha's Hill in 1939. Alan Paton, the author of Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope lived here until his death on 12 April 1988.

The village is 37 km north-west of Durban, on the old main road to Pietermaritzburg.

There have been different opinions about the origin of the name of Botha's Hill. The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names claims it was named after a settler, Philip Rudolph Botha, grandfather of General Louis Botha (1862–1919), first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.[2] Research undertaken by Robin W. Lamplough and published in the journal of the Natal Society, suggests that Botha's Hill was named after Cornelis Botha, a former harbour master of Port Natal.[3]

  • Railway, Bothas Hill
    Railway, Bothas Hill
  • Railway station Bothas Hill (app. 1890)
    Railway station Bothas Hill (app. 1890)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Botha's Hill". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 91.
  3. ^ "Natalia v12" (PDF). The Natal Society. pp. 27–34.


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