Mahlabathini is a town in

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 ...

in the

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 ...

province of

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Notable people

*Prince

Mangosuthu Buthelezi Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (; 27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu people, Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in 2023. He ...

, politician and Zulu Nation leader who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975 and was Chief Minister of the KwaZulu bantustan until 1994. He was Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. * Sfiso Buthelezi, Member of Parliament and former Deputy Finance Minister *

Thokozani Langa Thokozani Langa (born 9 February 1972) is a '' Maskandi'' musician from Mahlabathini, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its P ...

, South African

maskandi Maskandi (also Maskanda) is a form of Zulu music, Zulu folk music, originally associated with migrant workers,Oliver Wakefield Oliver Wakefield (29 May 1909 – 30 June 1956) was a popular British actor and comedian, born in South Africa, who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1956. Often billed as "The Voice of Inexperience", Wakefield is best known for h ...

(1909-1956), actor and comedian successful in Britain and the U.S.

References

Populated places in the Ulundi Local Municipality {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub