Inhambane (3)

Inhambane was an important cotton and ivory trading post, then later slavery became the town's economic mainstay.
Thousands of slaves passed through the port of Inhambane each year.

It was attacked by Gaza Chief Soshangane in the early 1800s but recovered.

With the abolition of slavery Inhambane changed forever.



Until independence, Inhambane was a busy harbour capable of handling coasters of up to 10.000 tons.
Cashew nuts, copra, cotton, oil seed, peanuts and sugar were loaded at Inhambane harbour.
More than a million migrant workers bound for work on the gold mines of the Witwatersrand set off regularly from Inhambane, by boat for Lourenco Marques and then by rail to Johannesburg.

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