Bangala Dam lies in south-eastern

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, south of

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. It was built by

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to provide irrigation water to the farming estates on the lowveld to the southwest, around the town of

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, where the main crop has been sugar cane. The lake and environs are protected as Bangala Dam Recreational Park.

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