Messina is the most northern Town of South Africa

Messina is situated in the lovely Limpopo Valley, close to the border to Zimbabwe. Sub-tropical climate, in the midst of game and nature reserves, this is an ultimate destination for a traveller in Southern Africa.

Messina is the most northernly town in South Africa. The rich copper deposits in the northern countryside of the region ultimately led to the founding and growth of the busy town of Messina.

In prehistoric times, black miners of the Musina tribe discovered the mineral and it was rediscovered by 20th Century prospectors.

Today Messina, whose name is a corruption of that of the original tribe, is the centre of a large iron ore, coal, magnetite, graphite, asbestos, diamond, semi-precious stone and copper minning area.

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