Cofimvaba is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

In September 2022, more than nine people were murdered in and around this small town, within a 30-day period, in which people suspected to be "mapara paras" (thugs) were killed by a group of locals, claiming a lack of policing by the South African Police Service.

It has been claimed that the suspects were killed for offences such as stealing television sets, assault and other petty and more serious infractions.

The name is also said to be derived from cofa, "press", mvaba, "milk-bag" (of goat-skin), done to break lumps of sour milk.

Another explanation is that the sound of the water gurgling over the rocks is reminiscent of the splashing of milk in the bag when shaken.