KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu and Natal Province were merged. It is located in the southeast of the country, with a long shoreline on the Indian Ocean and sharing borders with three other provinces and the countries of Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho. Its capital is Pietermaritzburg, and its largest city is Durban. It is the second-most populous province in South Africa, with slightly fewer residents than Gauteng.
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu is the name used for the district municipality. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in Afrikaans, English and Zulu alike, and often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial governments located here.
Umlazi is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, located south-west of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its South Municipal Planning Region.
Siyabonga Eugene Nomvethe is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
Henry Cele was a South African football player and actor. In the 1960s Cele became a goal keeper for the South African Soccer League and played the sport until 1978. In 1981, he was asked to audition for the role of the Zulu Warrior King Shaka kaSenzangakhona on stage for a production that played for a year. For the 1986 television miniseries Shaka Zulu, he reprised the role and gained significant fame worldwide.
Durban Stars is a semi-professional association football club based in the Chatsworth suburb of Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The club was founded in July 2003, when the businessman Phindani Nene acquired the Castle League franchise of the National First Division club Moja United from Pietermaritzburg, and thereby established his new club Durban Stars FC, directly into the second level of South African football. The club played at that level from 2003–09, before being relegated to Vodacom League.
AmaZulu Football Club is a South African professional soccer club based in the city of Durban in the KwaZulu Natal province, that plays in the Premier Soccer League the first-tier of South African football league system. The club's nickname, Usuthu, is a Zulu war cry.
Mlungisi Raphael "Professor" Ngubane is a former South African football (soccer) player and coach currently managing National First Division club Thanda Royal Zulu. He previously coached Durban Bush Bucks, Maritzburg United, Bush Bucks, Black Leopards and Namibia among others.
The Champions Cup was a limited overs cricket tournament played from 29 March 2001 to 4 April 2001 in Perth, Australia. It featured the four teams from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and India who had won the domestic championship in their respective countries – Western Australia, KwaZulu-Natal, Central Districts and Mumbai.
Ntokozo Percival Sikhakhane is a retired South African football player who played as a midfielder for Bidvest Wits in the Premier Soccer League.
Siboniso "Pa" Gaxa is a former South African football defender who played for Ajax Cape Town, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. and the South African national team.
The SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons, and previously the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as the overall third tier of South African football. The competition is regulated by SAFA, and until 2012 had been sponsored by mobile telecommunications company Vodacom.
Thanda Royal Zulu was a South African football club based in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal.
Pholela High School, otherwise known as Pholela Institute or Pholela Public and at times called P.I. is a school in Bulwer, KwaZulu-Natal. It used to be a boarding school run as an institution until it was made a public school in the year 2000.
Amanda Sinegugu Dlamini is a former South African soccer player. She played for JVW FC as a midfielder. She represented the South Africa women's national team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Royal AM is a South African football club based in Durban, KwaZulu Natal that plays in the PSL. They play in DSTV Premiership after purchasing a license from Bloemfontein Celtic in August 2021 by Durban business woman Shauwn Mkhize & her son Andile Mpisane.
Richards Bay Football Club is a South African football club based in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Hollywoodbets is a sports betting company based in South Africa. It is also known as Hollywood Sportsbook. It currently operates in South Africa, Mozambique, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The company offers betting via its website, mobisite, call centre, and USSD. It has retail branches in South Africa and Mozambique.
The KwaZulu-Natal Coastal women's cricket team, previously known as Natal women's cricket team and KwaZulu-Natal women's cricket team, is the women's representative cricket team for part of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, based primarily in Durban. They compete in the Women's Provincial Programme and the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition. They won the one-day competition in the 2009–10 season.
The KwaZulu-Natal Inland women's cricket team, also known as the Hollywoodbets Tuskers, is the women's representative cricket team for part of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, based primarily in Pietermaritzburg. They compete in the Women's Provincial Programme and the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition.
