Tshiame

Place in Free State, South Africa
28°17′53″S 29°00′32″E / 28.2981°S 29.0090°E / -28.2981; 29.0090CountrySouth AfricaProvinceFree StateDistrictThabo MofutsanyaneMunicipalityMaluti-a-Phofung • Councillor(ANC)Area • Total26.05 km2 (10.06 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total14,856 • Density570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African99.4% • Coloured0.2% • Indian/Asian0.1% • White0.1% • Other0.2%First languages (2011) • Sotho55.9% • Zulu36.1% • English3.1% • Sign language1.3% • Other3.5%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Area code058

Tshiame is a settlement 12 km west of Harrismith in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. It is named after Tshiame Kenneth Mopeli, Chief Minister of the defunct QwaQwa homeland.[2]

The census area includes the QwaQwa industrial sites. The full perimeter of the industrial area is fenced in by modern technology, creating a "see-through wall" of wire mesh standing three metres tall. The fencing-in was done as a security measure, to keep unwanted elements out as a means to curb crime perpetrated in the area.

The settlement borders the N5 national road leading to Durban and the rest of KwaZulu-Natal, and is situated just north of the Sterkfontein Dam, a major water reservoir and the second largest dam by volume in South Africa. The large town of Phuthaditjhaba in the former QwaQwa lies further south of Tshiame.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Tshiame". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Raper, Peter E.; Möller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, L. Theodorus (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (4th ed.). Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. p. 505. ISBN 9781868425495.


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