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Ubuhlebezwe Municipality (previously Sisonke District Municipality), Highflats

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality is a local Municipality within the Harry Gwala District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Ubuhlebezwe is an isiZulu word meaning: "the beauty of the land". The name is derived from Alan Paton's novel:' Cry, The Beloved Country'.

Highflats, is a small Settlement in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, surrounded by Forestry and Sugar Farms.

Himmelberg Mission between Umzinto and Jolivet is one of the more than twenty missions built by the Mariannhill monks. The Mission Station, built in the 1890's had the original wood from the Local Forests and an iron Church. The brick Church built later in 1933 and is also home to the Himmelberg Intermediate School. There is also a Convent and nuns accommodation about 500m to the North of the Mission Complex.

References
https://www.mindat.org/feature-996609.html https://www.scross.co.za/2023/04/mariannhill-on-a-motorbike/ https://www.voaafrica.com/straight-talk https://kznpr.co.za/churches-missions-monastries/
Further Reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxPgpzWRha0 https://kznpr.co.za/otting-trappist-mission-highflats/ https://www.scross.co.za/2023/04/mariannhill-on-a-motorbike/ https://www.voaafrica.com/straight-talk