Port Shepstone

Port Shepstone lies along KwaZulu-Natal's Hibiscus Coast – known for its many hibiscus flowers – which stretches from Scottburgh to Port Edward. Situated at the mouth of the Mzimkhulu River (a Zulu name meaning 'place of the great kraal'), it was the discovery of marble deposits on the bank of the river in 1867 that first attracted settlers to the area. The town was established four years later and named after Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Administrator of Native Affairs in the Natal government. ...