| Botha's Hill | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -29.752°N 30.74°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | eThekwini |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Government Type: | Ward 103 |
| Leader Party: | ANC |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Leader Name: | Jeffrey Mchunu |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.85 |
| Population Total: | 2673 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 49.6% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.1% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 5.1% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 43.5% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.6% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 47.0% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | English |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 43.0% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 3.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 6.6% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 3610 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 3660 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 031 |
Botha's Hill (locally, in Afrikaans ˈbuəta/) 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, the author of Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope lived here until his death on 12 April 1988.
The village is 37 km north-west of Durban, on the old main road to Pietermaritzburg.
There have been different opinions about the origin of the name of Botha's Hill. The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names claims it was named after a settler, Philip Rudolph Botha, grandfather of General Louis Botha (1862–1919), first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.[1] Research undertaken by Robin W. Lamplough and published in the journal of the Natal Society, suggests that Botha's Hill was named after Cornelis Botha, a former harbour master of Port Natal.[2]