Malamulele
Malamulele is a Xitsonga-speaking town in the Vhembe District and the seat of Collins Chabane Local Municipality. It is the service and shopping centre for more than 80 surrounding villages between Giyani and Thohoyandou.
History
Established in 1960 as the first town of the former Gazankulu homeland and named after Chief Risimati Chanyela Mulamula. After 1994 it was merged into Thulamela Municipality, which led to years of protests, and in August 2016 the new Collins Chabane Local Municipality was created with Malamulele as its seat.
Getting there
Reached via the R81 between Giyani and Thohoyandou/Louis Trichardt. About 243 km from Polokwane, 453 km from Pretoria and 63 km from Kruger National Park's Punda Maria Gate.
Weather & climate
Low-lying (about 170 m) with a hot, humid subtropical climate: hot, wet summers and mild, dry winters.
Things to do
- Kruger National Park - Punda Maria GateThe northern Kruger gate at Punda Maria is about 63 km from Malamulele, making the town a practical stopover for game-viewing trips into the far north of the park.
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