uPongola (eyaziwa nangesiZulu ngokuthi i-oPhongolo) iyidolobhaelisogwini olusenyakatho UMfula iPhongolo, isesigodini esivundile ku-N2, eduze kwezintaba zaseLubombo, ezigodini zaseZululand, okufinyeleleka kalula ezikhungweni zomngcele waseSwaziland. Kwakuyingxenye ye-panhandle yaseTransvaal phakathi kwePhongolo (I-Natal) ISwaziland (manje eyi-Eswatini) kwaze kwaba ngo-1994, lapho idluliselwa eKwaZulu-Natal.

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UMasipala Wendawo wasePhongolo ungomunye womasipala bendawo abahlanu abasendaweni UMasipala Wesigodi saseZululand. Umasipala ubuswa uMkhandlu we-ANC owakhiwa Abakhansela abangu-22 kanye nekomiti ephethe futhi uHon. Cllr Winile Nhlabathi ungumphathi-dolobha. Imisebenzi yokuphatha yenziwa uMphathi kaMasipala neqembu labaphathi. Phakathi kwezinye izikole, kukhona iPongola Akademie, iDingukwazi Senior Secondary School kanye neLanga High School. I-Dingukwazi High Njengamanje iholwa uthishanhloko uDkt. S.G Msane kanye noBambanani abaholwa uthishansela uMnu. Ntshangase bahola izikole oPongola ngokuqondene nokubhalisa njengamazinga okuphumelela kwe-Matric.