Frere is a town in Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The city is named for Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Governor of Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880. The city was for a time the headquarters of Sir Redvers Buller during the Second Boer War. The town is 25 km east of Winterton.

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Frere
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Coordinates: 28.883°S 29.766°E / -28.883; 29.766
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uThukela
Municipality	Inkosi Langalibalele
Area [1]
• Total	9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,215
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.8%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	94.9%
• English	2.1%
• Other	3.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Sources

• Erasmus, B.P.J. (1995). Op Pad in Suid-Afrika. Jonathan Ball Uitgewers. ISBN 1-86842-026-4.

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