Botha's Hill
Botha's Hill is a small town outside Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It remains a peaceful beautiful hill where regular country style food and craft markets are held. It is the gateway to the Valley of a Thousand Hills. Kearsney College moved to Botha's Hill in 1939. Alan Paton, a famous author who wrote novels such as Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope moved here and resided here until his death on the 12th of April, 1988.
Culturally, Botha's Hill is home to Trash Studios, a hub for the broader eThekwini psychedelic music scene where bands such as Black Math, MOUSE, Return to Worm Mountain, Taekwondo Sleepover and others have recorded albums, EPs and singles. The studio is owned and run by Cameron Lofstrand who is also an active musician in the psychedelic music scene in South Africa.
The village is 37km north-west of Durban, on the old main road to Pietermaritzburg before the N3 highway was built. It was named after a settler, Philip Rudolph Botha, grandfather of General Louis Botha, first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.Gallery
