Dutywa (formerly Idutywa) is a town in Mbashe Local Municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa, that was founded in 1858 as a military fort after a dispute between a

Natal Colony The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to ...

raiding party and its local people.Wild Coast Towns: Idutywa
It is named after the Dutywa River, a tributary of the Mbhashe River.Dictionary of Southern African Place Names
/ref> The name means "place of disorder" in the

Xhosa Xhosa may refer to: * Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and southeasterly region of South Africa * Xhosa language, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, principally spoken by the Xhosa people See als ...

language; its spelling was officially changed from "Idutywa" to "Dutywa" on 16 July 2004. The settlement was laid out in 1884 and was made a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in 1913. The town is the birthplace of former South African President,

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. Dutywa is home to 11,076 people, 96.6% of who are Black African (Xhosa). Idutywa School of Excellence is a recognized school well known for producing excellent results for high pass rate in Matric. The is Idutywa Mall was built so that the villagers would be able to do their shoppin

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Populated places in the Mbhashe Local Municipality Transkei Populated places established in 1858 {{EasternCape-geo-stub