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THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SHOPPING
CENTRE OF THE AMAJUBA DISTRICT AND NORTH WESTERN KWAZULU NATAL
This vibrant, modern, mini-city surrounded
by beautiful hills and valleys on one side and rolling landscape
on the other is the industrial, commercial, conferencing and very
importantly shopping centre of North Western KwaZulu Natal.
Here you will find several modern shopping
malls boasting branches of all the major retail outlets supplying
clothing, household goods, furniture, electronic goods, groceries,
hardware, garden equipment, outdoor equipment and all varieties
of vehicles. You will also find a wide range of chemists, boutiques
and fashion shops, along with general dealers of all kinds.
The town also boasts many excellent hotels,
lodges and bed and breakfast establishments along with several
fine restaurants, and numerous well known fast food outlets. It
is not surprising that with ample and reasonably priced accommodation
coupled with the many excellent conference facilities, municipal
halls and sports facilities that Newcastle is a favourite venue
for promotions, conferences and many sports and cultural events.
Commercially the town is served by all
the major banking and insurance groups and it is here that you
will find the regional head offices of many of the Government
departments. On the Industrial and fabrication front, Newcastle
is the home of one of the giant Arcelormittal Steel Works as well
as one of Karbochem's Industrial Parks with LanXess Chrome, SA
Carbide and African Amines. In the Industrial Parks you will find
the heavy industrial fabrication workshops of Venco, a subsidiary
of DCD Dorbyl, along with Natal Portland's slagmented cement blending
plant. There are also numerous clothing and furniture manufacturers,
industrial suppliers, precast concrete product and block suppliers
along with a variety of smaller businesses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND MAPS ON
NEWCASTLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTACT TOURISM NEWCASTLE:
TEL:
034 315 3318
FAX:
034 312 9815
E-MAIL:
info@newcastle.co.za
WEB SITE:
www.tourismnewcastle.co.za
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