Eshowe is the oldest town of European settlement in Zululand , historically also known as Eziqwaqweni , Ekowe or kwaMondi . Eshowe's name is said to be inspired by the sound of wind blowing through the more than 4 km of the indigenous Dlinza Forest , the most important and striking feature of the town. Although the name is most likely to be derived from the Zulu word for the Xysmalobium shrubs, showe or shongwe .
11-483: R66 may refer to: R66 (South Africa) , a road HD 268835 , a star HMS Zambesi (R66) , a destroyer of the Royal Navy R66: Repeated exposure may cause skin dryness or cracking , a risk phrase R66 Protocol , a file transfer protocol Robinson R66 , a helicopter Small nucleolar RNA R66 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
22-791: A T-junction with the R618 route at Nhlopenkulu. The R66 joins the R618 and they form one road south-east for 6 kilometres into the town of Nongoma before splitting adjacent to the Nongoma Police Station, where the R66 becomes its own road southwards. The R66 continues southwards for 74 kilometres as the King Dinizulu Highway, crossing the Black Umfolozi River , passing through the city of Ulundi and crossing
33-625: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages R66 (South Africa) The R66 is a provincial route in KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa that connects Gingindlovu with Pongola via Eshowe , Melmoth and Ulundi . It starts and ends at a junction with the N2 . The R66 begins in Pongola , at a junction with the N2 national route . It begins by going southwards for 19 kilometres, crossing
44-417: The N2 national route . This South African road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eshowe Today Eshowe is a market town, with a 100 km radius catchment area , two shopping centres, a main bus station serving the hinterland, a major hospital, and several schools. In 1860 Cetshwayo , then only a Zulu prince, built a kraal here and named
55-765: The Pongola River , to reach a junction with the R69 route near a place named Magudu. The R69 joins the R66 and they are one road southwards for 2 kilometres before the R69 becomes its own road westwards while the R66 remains as the southerly road. The R66 continues southwards for 40 kilometres, passing by the Mkuze Game Reserve (where it crosses the Mkuze River), crossing the Nkunzane River, to reach
66-671: The White Umfolozi River , to reach a T-junction with the R34 route . The R66 joins the R34 and they are one road southwards, heading for 22 kilometres to meet the eastern terminus of the R68 route just east of the Melmoth town centre. The R34 and the R66 remain as one road southwards for another 31 kilometres before they split at a junction, where the R34 becomes its own road eastwards while
77-516: The R66 remains as the southerly road. The R66 continues southwards for 43 kilometres, passing through Eshowe (east of the town centre), to reach a junction with the R102 route at Gingindlovu . The R102 joins the R66 and they form one road southwards for a few metres before the R102 becomes its own road westwards. The R66 heads southwards for another 6 kilometres to reach its end at another junction with
88-772: The Zulus. After the war Eshowe was established as the capital of Zululand and the home of the British resident in Zululand, Melmoth Osborne . The nearby town of Melmoth is named after him. In 1887 Eshowe became the capital of Zululand and was officially declared a township in 1891. In 1947 the British Royal Family ( King George VI , Queen Elizabeth , Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret ) visited and were welcomed in Eshowe by King Cyprian . The family toured
99-686: The coastal column to Eshowe. This column encountered part of the Zulu army at the Nyezane River , but after a short battle pushed on to the KwaMondi Mission which was fortified and called Fort Ekowe . The forces under Colonel Pearson were besieged for 10 weeks until relieved on April 3 by Lord Chelmsford after the Battle of Gingindlovu . After the British left, Eshowe was burned down by
110-702: The place Eziqwaqweni (the abode of robbers) . A mission station was established at Eshowe in 1861 once permission had been obtained from the Zulu King Cetshwayo by Norwegian missionary, the Reverend Ommund Oftebro . Later the station was called the KwaMondi Mission Station (place of Mondi) after the Zulu name which was given to Oftebro. During the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, Colonel Charles Pearson led
121-448: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R66&oldid=1121110090 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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