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Mpophomeni
Sign in to saveMpophomeni is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
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Mpophomeni is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
==History== thumb|Mpophomeni wall to remember those who died during struggle In 1968 the South African government built in an open field a township called Mpophomeni to relocate the black people living in the surroundings of Howick, a picturesque little town in the Natal Midlands. Mpophomeni (which means the place of the waterfall in isiZulu) derives its name from the well known Howick waterfall.
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