Settlement near Port Shepstone, established in 1882 by Norwegian immigrants.
Holiday resort some 111km south-west of Durban and 10km north-east of Port Shepstone.
Furnham was born in Port Shepstone, South Africa of British parents.
This eliminated the trans-shipping of timber at Port Shepstone and reduced transfer time from 14 hours to two hours.
Four died when gunmen opened fire on a pick-up truck loaded with people near Port Shepstone in southern Natal.
The major town of Port Shepstone is on the opposite bank of the Mzimkulu River.
The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone.
From Kokstad the N2 turns again back towards the coast, meeting it at Port Shepstone.
The Port Shepstone - Harding line was operated from 1911 to 2006 and is 122 kilometres (76 mi) long.
This is due to the much better quality of this route compared with the N2, especially between Port Shepstone and Grahamstown.