Secunda (from Latin: second, secund, secundi meaning second/following) is a town built amidst the coalfields of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was named for being the second Sasol extraction refinery producing oil from coal, after Sasolburg, some 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the west.

Understand

Climate

During the summer, Secunda has a very pleasant climate with an average temperature of 26.5 °C. During the winter, the nights are cold, and frost regularly occurs, whereas temperatures can go as low as -10'C at low lying areas in extreme cases. The days are dry, sunny and warm with an average day temperature of 16.2 °C.

Get in

Secunda is 130 km east of Johannesburg on Highway N17.

• Greyhound ZA Bus, Ragmor Shell Service Station, Cnr Helen Joseph Dr and Steenkamp St, ☏ +27 11 611 8000. Route #13300. One bus leaves Park City Transit Centre, 96 Rissik St, Johannesburg, daily at 8AM and arrives at Secunda at 10:30AM (R300 per person). One bus leaves Durban Station 4 Jelf Taylor Cres, Durban, daily at 7:15AM and arrives at Secunda at 5:30PM (R670 per person). (updated Feb 2023)

Do

• 1 Graceland Hotel Casino and Country Club, 1 eMbalenhle Road (off the N17 highway), ☏ +27 17 620 1000. 24 hours. A casino based on the times of Elvis Presley and American culture from that period. (updated Feb 2023)

Buy

• 1 Secunda Mall, PDP Kruger St. M-Th 9AM-6PM, F 9AM-7PM, Sa 9AM-5PM, Su 9AM-3PM. Includes Checkers Hyper, Pick'n'Pay, and Game. (updated Feb 2023)

Sleep

• 1 Hotel @ Secunda. (updated Dec 2022)
• 2 B'n'B Secunda. (updated Dec 2022)
• 3 Secunda Hotel. (updated Dec 2022)
• 4 Panorama Secunda. (updated Dec 2022)
• 5 La Bella Secunda Guest House. (updated Dec 2022)