Mahamba is a town in the Shiselweni district of southern Eswatini.
It has a border crossing point towards Piet Retief in South Africa. [1] It is on the MR9 road.
An early Wesleyan mission station was established here in 1844. [2] Robert Grendon moved here, probably before 1906, and his religious heterodoxy may have fuelled local religious strife. [3]
There was a skirmish here in 1846 between Ohrigstad Boers and Swazi forces under Mswati. [4]
27°06′S 31°05′E / 27.100°S 31.083°E
Mahamba is a town in the Shiselweni district of southern Eswatini.
It has a border crossing point towards Piet Retief in South Africa. [1] It is on the MR9 road.
An early Wesleyan mission station was established here in 1844. [2] Robert Grendon moved here, probably before 1906, and his religious heterodoxy may have fuelled local religious strife. [3]
There was a skirmish here in 1846 between Ohrigstad Boers and Swazi forces under Mswati. [4]
27°06′S 31°05′E / 27.100°S 31.083°E