Hlobane Colliery, of the Vryheid (Natal) Railway Coal and Iron Company Ltd, is a coal mine in the magisterial district of Vryheid, Natal, producing coal from three economic seams in the Ecca Group: the Dundas, Gus, and Alfred seams. These seams are mined for their coking properties.
On Monday, 12th September, 1983, at about 08hOO, an explosion of methane occurred in sections 5 and 10 of the Boomlager No. 3 area of the mine, in which 64 persons were killed and 12 persons seriously injured; 4 of the injured died subsequently as a result of their injuries, bringing the total death toll to 68 persons.