Boboyi, or Bhobhoyi, is a peri-urban settlement in

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. It is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of

Port Shepstone Port Shepstone is a large town situated on the mouth of the Mzimkhulu River, the largest river on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast of South Africa. It is located halfway between Hibberdene and Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, Margate and is positioned 120&nbs ...

and is named after the Boboyi River which runs through the area.{{Cite web, url=https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/police-monitoring-murchison-area-following-violent-protest/, title=Police monitoring Murchison area following violent protest, website=ECR, access-date=2020-01-03 The area is surrounded by Murchison, Mobatsha and Merlewood and is situated along the N2 national road between Port Shepstone and eZinqoleni.

History

Boboyi along with its neighbour of Murchison were formed under the Nsimbini Tribal Authority which became part of the KwaZulu bantustan. The little homeland budget designated for development shows that there was very little service delivery in these area which is still prevalent till this day. Post-apartheid (from 1994), the village was included into the province of

and in 2000 it was placed under the local governance of the

Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality was a local municipality (South Africa), local municipality in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It governed the Hibiscus Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Hibiscus Coast on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast which att ...

(now

Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality Ray Nkonyeni Municipality () is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality in South Africa. It is located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Ezinqoleni an ...

) and

Ugu District Municipality The Ugu District Municipality () is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. ''Ugu'' is isiZulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 inhabitants spok ...

References

Populated places in the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality KwaZulu-Natal South Coast