Tshiame

Tshiame
Tshiame

 Tshiame shown within Free State

Coordinates: 28°17′53″S 29°00′32″E / 28.2981°S 29.0090°E / -28.2981; 29.0090Coordinates: 28°17′53″S 29°00′32″E / 28.2981°S 29.0090°E / -28.2981; 29.0090
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality Maluti-a-Phofung
  Councillor (ANC)
Area[1]
  Total 26.05 km2 (10.06 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 14,856
  Density 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 99.4%
  Coloured 0.2%
  Indian/Asian 0.1%
  White 0.1%
  Other 0.2%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Sotho 55.9%
  Zulu 36.1%
  English 3.1%
  Sign language 1.3%
  Other 3.5%
Area code 058

Tshiame is a rural 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 Industriqwa 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. 1 2 3 4 "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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