Mpumalanga, the Glossary
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222 relations: Acontias albigularis, African National Congress, Afrikaans, Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Alexander Merensky, Andalusite, Anglo-Zulu War, Antimony, Apartheid, Apartheid legislation, Asbestos, Bantu peoples of South Africa, Bantustan, Barberton, South Africa, Barley, Belfast, Mpumalanga, Bethal, Big five game, Black Consciousness Movement, Blyde River Canyon, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Boers, Bokoni, Botshabelo, Mpumalanga, Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Bushveld, Capital city, Carboniferous, Care For Wild, Chromite, Citrus, Climate change, Closed list, Coal liquefaction, Coal-fired power station, Cobalt, Coloureds, Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Diatomaceous earth, Dipaleseng Local Municipality, Districts of South Africa, Dolomite (rock), Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality, Drakensberg, Dullstroom, Earliest known life forms, Economic Freedom Fighters, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Emakhazeni Local Municipality, Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, ... Expand index (172 more) »
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Acontias albigularis
Acontias albigularis, the white-throated legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.
See Mpumalanga and Acontias albigularis
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and African National Congress
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Albert Luthuli Local Municipality
Albert Luthuli Municipality (Masipaladi iAlbert Luthuli; UMasipala iAlbert Luthuli) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Albert Luthuli Local Municipality
Alexander Merensky
Alexander Merensky (8 June 1837 in Panten near Liegnitz – 22 May 1918 in Berlin) was a German missionary, working in South Africa (Transvaal) from 1859 to 1892.
See Mpumalanga and Alexander Merensky
Andalusite
Andalusite is an aluminium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.
Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
See Mpumalanga and Anglo-Zulu War
Antimony
Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb and atomic number 51.
Apartheid
Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.
Apartheid legislation
The system of racial segregation and oppression in South Africa known as apartheid was implemented and enforced by many acts and other laws.
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Asbestos
Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral.
Bantu peoples of South Africa
South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority ethno-racial group of South Africans.
See Mpumalanga and Bantu peoples of South Africa
Bantustan
A Bantustan (also known as a Bantu homeland, a black homeland, a black state or simply known as a homeland) was a territory that the National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as a part of its policy of apartheid.
Barberton, South Africa
Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region.
See Mpumalanga and Barberton, South Africa
Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.
Belfast, Mpumalanga
Belfast (also known as eMakhazeni) is a small town in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Belfast, Mpumalanga
Bethal
Bethal is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Big five game
In Africa, the Big five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo.
See Mpumalanga and Big five game
Black Consciousness Movement
The Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) was a grassroots anti-apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid-1960s out of the political vacuum created by the jailing and banning of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress leadership after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960.
See Mpumalanga and Black Consciousness Movement
Blyde River Canyon
The Blyde River Canyon is a 26 km long Canyon located in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve (or Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve) is situated in the Drakensberg escarpment region of eastern Mpumalanga, South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve
Boers
Boers (Boere are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India Company controlled Dutch Cape Colony, but the United Kingdom incorporated it into the British Empire in 1806.
Bokoni
Bokoni (meaning 'land of the people from the north') was a pre-colonial, agro-pastoral society found in northwestern and southern parts of present-day Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Botshabelo, Mpumalanga
Botshabelo ("place of refuge" in the Northern Sotho language) in the district of Middelburg, in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, originated as a mission station established by Alexander Merensky of the Berlin Missionary Society (BMS), in February 1865 in what was then the Transvaal Republic (ZAR).
See Mpumalanga and Botshabelo, Mpumalanga
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
Bushbuckridge Municipality (Masipala wa Bushbuckridge; Mmasepala wa Bushbuckridge) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
Bushveld
The Bushveld (from Afrikaans: bosveld, Afrikaans: bos 'bush' and veld) is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
See Mpumalanga and Capital city
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.
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Care For Wild
Care For Wild is the largest rhinoceros sanctuary in the world, spanning in the greater Barberton Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Chromite
Chromite is a crystalline mineral composed primarily of iron(II) oxide and chromium(III) oxide compounds.
Citrus
Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae.
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Closed list
Closed list describes the variant of party-list systems where voters can effectively vote for only political parties as a whole; thus they have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected.
See Mpumalanga and Closed list
Coal liquefaction
Coal liquefaction is a process of converting coal into liquid hydrocarbons: liquid fuels and petrochemicals.
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Coal-fired power station
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity.
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Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.
Coloureds
Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
The Democratic Alliance is a South African political party which is a part of the current South African Government of National Unity (GNU) together with the African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), and several others.
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Diatomaceous earth
Diatomaceous earth, diatomite, celite or kieselgur/kieselguhr is a naturally occurring, soft, siliceous sedimentary rock that can be crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder.
See Mpumalanga and Diatomaceous earth
Dipaleseng Local Municipality
Dipaleseng Municipality (UMasipala wase Dipaleseng; Masepala wa Dipaleseng) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Dipaleseng Local Municipality
Districts of South Africa
The nine provinces of South Africa are divided into 52 districts (sing. district, isifunda; isithili; distrikte; selete; kgaolo; setereke; xifundza; sigodzi; tshiṱiriki; isiyingi), which are either metropolitan or district municipalities.
See Mpumalanga and Districts of South Africa
Dolomite (rock)
Dolomite (also known as dolomite rock, dolostone or dolomitic rock) is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2.
See Mpumalanga and Dolomite (rock)
Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality
Dr JS Moroka Municipality (UMasipaladi weDr JS Moroka; Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka; Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Drakensberg
The Drakensberg (Zulu: uKhahlamba, Sotho: Maloti, Afrikaans: Drakensberge) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau.
See Mpumalanga and Drakensberg
Dullstroom
Dullstroom, also known as Emnothweni, is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Earliest known life forms
The earliest known life forms on Earth may be as old as 4.1 billion years old (or Ga) according to biologically fractionated graphite inside a single zircon grain in the Jack Hills range of Australia.
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Economic Freedom Fighters
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African communist and black nationalist political party.
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Ehlanzeni District Municipality
Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Emakhazeni Local Municipality
Emakhazeni Municipality (Masipaladi wase Makhazeni; UMasipala wase Makhazeni; UMasipaladi weMakhazeni; Emakhazeni Munisipaliteit) formerly Highlands Municipality, is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga
Emalahleni Municipality (UMasipala wase Malahleni; Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.
Esther Mahlangu
Esther Mahlangu (born 11 November 1935) is a South African artist.
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Eswatini
Eswatini (eSwatini), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
Forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and environmental benefits.
Free State (province)
The Free State (Freistata; Vrystaat; iFreyistata; Foreistata; iFuleyisitata), formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a province of South Africa. Mpumalanga and Free State (province) are 1994 establishments in South Africa and provinces of South Africa.
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Freedom Front Plus
The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus; Vryheidsfront Plus, VF Plus) is a right-wing political party in South Africa that was formed (as the Freedom Front) in 1994. Mpumalanga and Freedom Front Plus are 1994 establishments in South Africa.
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Gauteng
Gauteng (Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; eGoli or iGoli) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Mpumalanga and Gauteng are 1994 establishments in South Africa and provinces of South Africa.
Gaza Province
Gaza is a province of Mozambique.
See Mpumalanga and Gaza Province
Gazankulu
Gazankulu was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Tsonga people.
Gerard Sekoto
Gerard Sekoto OIG (9 December 1913 – 20 March 1993), was a South African artist and musician.
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Gert Sibande District Municipality
Gert Sibande (until 2004 known as the Eastvaal District Municipality) is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Gonarezhou National Park
Gonarezhou National Park is a national park located in southeastern Zimbabwe.
See Mpumalanga and Gonarezhou National Park
Govan Mbeki Local Municipality
Govan Mbeki Municipality (UMasipala iGovan Mbeki; Govan Mbeki Munisipaliteit), formerly the Highveld East Local Municipality, is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Govan Mbeki Local Municipality
Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
Graskop
Graskop is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).
Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park is a 35,000 km2 peace park that is in the process of being formed.
See Mpumalanga and Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Great Trek
The Great Trek (Die Groot Trek; De Grote Trek) was a northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration.
Greenstone belt
Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies.
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Haute cuisine
Haute cuisine or grande cuisine is a style of cooking characterised by meticulous preparation, elaborate presentation, and the use of high quality ingredients.
See Mpumalanga and Haute cuisine
Hazyview
Hazyview is a sub-tropical farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa, renowned for its large banana and macadamia nut industries, contributing about 20% of South Africa's bananas and 30% of macadamia output.
Hhohho Region
Hhohho is a region of Eswatini, located in the north western part of the country.
See Mpumalanga and Hhohho Region
Highveld
The Highveld (Afrikaans: Hoëveld) is the portion of the South African inland plateau which has an altitude above roughly, but below, thus excluding the Lesotho mountain regions to the south-east of the Highveld.
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
See Mpumalanga and Human Development Index
Human evolution
Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes.
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Inboekstelsel
Inboekstelsel was a system of indentured child labour instituted by Europeans in Southern Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.
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Indian South Africans
Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Iron ore in Africa
Iron ore production in Africa is dominated by South Africa, Mauritania and Algeria.
See Mpumalanga and Iron ore in Africa
Johannesburg
Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
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Kalahari Craton
The Kalahari Craton is a craton, an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere, that occupies large portions of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
See Mpumalanga and Kalahari Craton
KaNgwane
KaNgwane was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Swazi people.
Karoo Supergroup
The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert.
See Mpumalanga and Karoo Supergroup
Kinross, Mpumalanga
Kinross is a small gold mining town in Mpumalanga, South Africa with four gold mines in the region.
See Mpumalanga and Kinross, Mpumalanga
Knysna–Amatole montane forests
The Knysna–Amatole montane forests ecoregion, of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, is in South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Knysna–Amatole montane forests
Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park
KwaNdebele
KwaNdebele was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Ndebele people.
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (also referred to as KZN; nicknamed "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province. Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal are 1994 establishments in South Africa and provinces of South Africa.
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Lamb and mutton
Sheep meat is one of the most common meats around the world, taken from the domestic sheep, Ovis aries, and generally divided into lamb, from sheep in their first year, hogget, from sheep in their second, and mutton, from older sheep.
See Mpumalanga and Lamb and mutton
Land reform in South Africa
Land reform in South Africa is the promise of "land restitution" to empower farm workers (who now have the opportunity to become farmers) and reduce inequality.
See Mpumalanga and Land reform in South Africa
Lebombo Mountains
The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains (Montes Libombos), are an, narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Lebombo Mountains
Lebowa
Lebowa was a bantustan ("homeland") located in the Transvaal in northeastern South Africa.
Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
See Mpumalanga and Legislature
Lekwa Local Municipality
Lekwa Municipality (UMasipala wase Lekwa; Lekwa Munisipaliteit; Masepala wa Lekwa) is a local municipality situated in the southwest of the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Lekwa Local Municipality
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. Mpumalanga and Limpopo are 1994 establishments in South Africa and provinces of South Africa.
Limpopo National Park
The Limpopo National Park (Parque Nacional do Limpopo) was born when the status of Coutada 16 Wildlife Utilisation Area in Gaza Province, Mozambique, was changed from a hunting concession to a protected area.
See Mpumalanga and Limpopo National Park
List of heritage sites in Mpumalanga
This is not a list of the heritage sites in Mpumalanga as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency.
See Mpumalanga and List of heritage sites in Mpumalanga
List of South African provinces by area
Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces.
See Mpumalanga and List of South African provinces by area
List of South African provinces by Human Development Index
This is a list of the provinces of South Africa by Human Development Index as of 2021.
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List of South African provinces by population
Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces.
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List of South African provinces by population density
Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces.
See Mpumalanga and List of South African provinces by population density
List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
See Mpumalanga and List of sovereign states
List of speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
The Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature is the legislative speaker and principal presiding officer in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (until 1995 called the Eastern Transvaal Provincial Legislature).
See Mpumalanga and List of speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
Local municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality (mmasepalaselegae; masepala wa lehae; mmasepala wa selegae; plaaslike munisipaliteit; umasipala wendawo; umasipaladi wendawo; umasipala wengingqi; masipaladi wasekhaya; masipalawapo; masipala wa muganga) or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government.
See Mpumalanga and Local municipality (South Africa)
Lowveld National Botanical Garden
The Lowveld National Botanical Garden, one of the nine National Botanical Gardens of South Africa is located just outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga at the confluence of the Crocodile River and Nels River, which are separated by an extensive promontory.
See Mpumalanga and Lowveld National Botanical Garden
Lubombo Region
Lubombo is a region of Eswatini, located in the east of the country.
See Mpumalanga and Lubombo Region
Lydenburg
Lydenburg, also known as Mashishing, is a town in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, on the Mpumalanga highveld, South Africa.
Lydenburg heads
The Lydenburg Heads are seven terracotta heads that were discovered in association with other pottery artifacts in Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Macadamia
Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees in the flowering plant family Proteaceae.
Magnesite
Magnesite is a mineral with the chemical formula (magnesium carbonate).
Magnetite
Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula.
Makhonjwa Mountains
The Makhonjwa Mountains or Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains are a range of small mountains and hills that covers an area of, about 80% in Mpumalanga, a province of South Africa, and the remainder in neighbouring Eswatini.
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Mala Mala Game Reserve
Mala Mala is a game reserve located within the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
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Malalane
Malalane, alternatively rendered Malelane, is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa situated on the N4 national highway.
Mandla Ndlovu
Mandla Padney Ndlovu (born 21 September 1969) is a South African politician who has served as the sixth Premier of Mpumalanga since June 2024.
See Mpumalanga and Mandla Ndlovu
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
Manzini Region
Manzini is a region of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), located in the center-west of the country.
See Mpumalanga and Manzini Region
Maputo
Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique.
Maputo Bay
Maputo Bay (Baía de Maputo), formerly also known as Delagoa Bay from Baía da Lagoa in Portuguese, is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Mozambique, between 25° 40' and 26° 20' S, with a length from north to south of over 90 km long and 32 km wide.
Maputo Province
Maputo Province is a province of Mozambique; the province excludes the city of Maputo (which comprises a separate province).
See Mpumalanga and Maputo Province
Mbombela
Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa.
Mbombela Local Municipality
Mbombela Municipality (Masipaladi wase Mbombela) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Mbombela Local Municipality
Metamorphism is the transformation of existing rock (the protolith) to rock with a different mineral composition or texture.
See Mpumalanga and Metamorphism
Middle Stone Age
The Middle Stone Age (or MSA) was a period of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Late Stone Age.
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Mkhondo Local Municipality
Mkhondo Municipality (UMasipala wase Mkhondo) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Mkhondo Local Municipality
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.
Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (MPL), previously known as the Eastern Transvaal Legislature, is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Mpumalanga.
See Mpumalanga and Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
Msukaligwa Local Municipality
Msukaligwa Municipality (UMasipala wase Msukaligwa; Msukaligwa Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Msukaligwa Local Municipality
National Party (South Africa)
The National Party (Nasionale Party, NP), also known as the Nationalist Party, was a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997, which was responsible for the implementation of apartheid rule.
See Mpumalanga and National Party (South Africa)
National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa)
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a mainly mining industry related trade union, an organisation of workers with common goals through organised labour, in South Africa.
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Ndebele house painting
Ndebele house painting is a style of African art practiced by the Southern Ndebele people of South Africa and the Northern Ndebele people in Zimbabwe in Matobo.
See Mpumalanga and Ndebele house painting
Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993.
See Mpumalanga and Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa
Ngodwana
Ngodwana is a town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
Nguni languages
The Nguni languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa (mainly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini) by the Nguni people.
See Mpumalanga and Nguni languages
Ngwenya
Ngwenya is a town in western Eswatini, lying near the border with South Africa, north west of Mbabane, on the MR3 road.
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Nkangala District Municipality
Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Nkomazi Local Municipality
Nkomazi Municipality (Masipaladi wase Nkomazi) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Nkomazi Local Municipality
Norite
Norite is a mafic intrusive igneous rock composed largely of the calcium-rich plagioclase labradorite, orthopyroxene, and olivine.
Northern Sotho
Sesotho sa Lebowa is a Sotho-Tswana language group spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa, most commonly in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the Limpopo provinces.
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Ohrigstad
Ohrigstad (Afrikaans for Ohrig city), formerly Andries Orieg Stad, is a small town to the north of Lydenburg in the Limpopo province, South Africa.
Paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients.
Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a system of democratic government where the head of government (who may also be the head of state) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which they are accountable.
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Pedi people
The Pedi or Bapedi - also known as the Northern Sotho, Basotho ba Lebowa, bakgatla ba dithebe, Transvaal Sotho, Marota, or Dikgoshi - are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to South Africa, Botswana, and Lesotho that speak Pedi or Sepedi, which is one of the 12 official languages in South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Pedi people
Permian
The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.
Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa
Pilgrim's Rest (Pelgrimsrus) is a small museum town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa which is protected as a provincial heritage site.
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Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality
Pixley Ka Seme Municipality (UMasipala iPixley ka Seme) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
See Mpumalanga and Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
Power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.
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Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.
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Premier of Mpumalanga
The Premier of Mpumalanga is the head of government of Mpumalanga province in South Africa.
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Pretty Yende
Pretty Yende (born 6 March 1985) is a South African operatic coloratura soprano.
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Procrica mariepskopa
Procrica mariepskopa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.
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Protea
Protea is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos).
Provinces of Mozambique
Mozambique is divided into 10 provinces (províncias) and 1 capital city (cidade) with provincial status.
See Mpumalanga and Provinces of Mozambique
Provinces of South Africa
South Africa is divided into nine provinces.
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Pulana people
The Pulana, or Mapulana, are a low-veld ethnic group found in Bushbuckridge near Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces.
See Mpumalanga and Pulana people
Quartzite
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.
Ray Phiri
Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri (23 March 1947 – 12 July 2017) was a South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga to Thabethe Phiri, a Malawian immigrant worker, and South African guitarist nicknamed "Just Now" Phiri.
Rebecca Malope
Batsogile Lovederia "Rebecca" Malope (born June 30, 1968) is a South African gospel singer.
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Regions of Eswatini
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is divided into four regions: Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, and Shiselweni.
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Robust golden mole
The robust golden mole (Amblysomus robustus) is a species of mammal in the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae.
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Sabi Sand Game Reserve
Sabi Sand Game Reserve is located adjacent to the Kruger National Park in the Lowveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Sabie
Sabie is a forestry town situated on the banks of the Sabie River in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Sappi
Sappi Limited, originally incorporated as South African Pulp and Paper Industries Limited in 1936, is a South African pulp and paper company with global operations.
Sasol
Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa.
Savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
Seasonal industry
A seasonal industry is activity within an economic sector in which the majority of operations take place during only part of the year, usually within a period of half a year or less.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.
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Secunda CTL
Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga in South Africa.
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Secunda, South Africa
Secunda (from Latin: second, secund, secundi meaning second/following) is a town built amidst the coalfields of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.
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Sekhukhuneland
Sekhukhuneland or Sekukuniland (Sekoekoeniland) is a natural region in north-east South Africa, located in the historical Transvaal zone, former Transvaal Province, also known as Bopedi (meaning “land of Bapedi”).
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Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.
Sharpeville massacre
The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960 at the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng).
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Shiselweni Region
Shiselweni is a region of Eswatini, located in the south of the country.
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Silicon dioxide
Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula, commonly found in nature as quartz.
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Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain.
Sotho language
Sotho Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho or Sesotho sa Borwa is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken in Lesotho, and South Africa where it is an official language.
See Mpumalanga and Sotho language
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South African English
South African English (SAfE, SAfEn, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans.
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South African potato boycott
The potato boycott of 1959 was a consumer boycott in Bethal, South Africa during the Apartheid era against slave-like conditions of potato labourers in Bethal, Transvaal.
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South African Republic
The South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, abbreviated ZAR; Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War.
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South African Standard Time
South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho.
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South African Wars (1879–1915)
The South African Wars, including but also known as the Confederation Wars, were a series of wars that occurred in the southern portion of the African continent between 1879 and 1915.
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Southern Ndebele language
isiNdebele, also known as Southern Ndebele is an African language belonging to the Mbo group of Bantu languages, spoken by the Ndebele people of South Africa.
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Southern Ndebele people
AmaNdebele are an ethnic group native to South Africa who speak isiNdebele.
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Soweto uprising
The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
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Soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.
Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
Steve Tshwete Municipality (UMasipala iSteve Tshwete; Steve Tshwete Munisipaliteit; UMasipaladi weSteve Tshwete; Mmasepala wa Steve Tshwete), formerly Middelburg Municipality, is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
Sudwala Caves
The Sudwala Caves in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are set in Precambrian dolomite rock, which was first laid down about 2800 million years ago.
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Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Sunflower seed
A sunflower seed is a seed from a sunflower (Helianthus annuus).
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Swazi language
Swazi or siSwati is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and South Africa by the Swati people.
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Swazi people
The Swazi or Swati (Swati: Emaswati, singular Liswati) are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, inhabiting Eswatini, a sovereign kingdom in Southern Africa, and South Africa's Mpumalanga province.
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Synthetic fuel
Synthetic fuel or synfuel is a liquid fuel, or sometimes gaseous fuel, obtained from syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, in which the syngas was derived from gasification of solid feedstocks such as coal or biomass or by reforming of natural gas.
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Syzygium
Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.
Talc
Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula.
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
Thaba Chweu Municipality (Mmasepala wa Thaba Chweu; Masipaladi iThaba Chweu; Thaba Chweu Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Thembisile Hani Local Municipality
Thembisile Hani Municipality (UMasipaladi weThembisile Hani; Mmasepala wa Thembisile Hani; UMasipala iThembisile Hani) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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Thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
Transvaal (province)
The Province of the Transvaal (Provinsie van Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid.
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Treur River
The Treur River (from Afrikaans: mourning river) is a small river in the Drakensberg escarpment region of eastern Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
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Treur River barb
The Treur River barb (Enteromius treurensis) or simply Treur barb is a species of cyprinid fish.
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Tsonga language
Tsonga or, natively, Xitsonga, as an endonym, is a Bantu language spoken by the Tsonga people of South Africa.
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Umjindi Local Municipality
Umjindi was a local municipality of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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Veld
Veld, also spelled veldt, is a type of wide open rural landscape in Southern Africa.
Victor Khanye Local Municipality
Victor Khanye Municipality (UMasipala iVictor Khanye; UMasipaladi weVictor Khanye; Victor Khanye Munisipaliteit), formerly Delmas Municipality, is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
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White River, Mpumalanga
White River (Witrivier) is a small holiday and farming town situated just north of Mbombela in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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White South Africans
White South Africans are South Africans of European descent.
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Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.
Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
Zulu Kingdom
The Zulu Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa.
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Zulu language
Zulu, or IsiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken and indigenous to Southern Africa.
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1820 Settlers
The 1820 Settlers were several groups of British colonists from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, settled by the government of the United Kingdom and the Cape Colony authorities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in 1820.
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See also
1994 establishments in South Africa
- AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy
- Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party
- Africa Muslim Party
- Afrikanerbond
- Als Puk Tawana
- Bambata (musical project)
- Battery 9
- Black Economic Empowerment
- Cabinet of Nelson Mandela
- Cape Muslim Congress
- Defence Intelligence Division (SANDF)
- Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
- Dobsonville Shopping Centre
- Eastern Cape
- Flag of South Africa
- Free State (province)
- Freedom Day (South Africa)
- Freedom Front Plus
- Gauteng
- Great Fish River Nature Reserve
- Grindrod Bank
- Joyous Celebration
- Keep It Straight and Simple Party
- Kick Off (magazine)
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Leader of Government Business (South Africa)
- Limpopo
- Mpumalanga
- North West (South African province)
- Northern Cape
- Presidency of Nelson Mandela
- President of South Africa
- Pro Arte Alphen Park
- Rabali Blackpool
- Senate of South Africa
- Softball South Africa
- South African Human Rights Commission
- South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
- South African Petroleum Industry Association
- South African Secret Service
- SuperSport United F.C.
- The Bassline (club)
- The Peninsula Times
- Unitas Medal
- Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
- Western Cape
- Yeshiva of Cape Town
Provinces of South Africa
- Cape Province
- Eastern Cape
- Free State (province)
- Gauteng
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Limpopo
- Mpumalanga
- Natal (province)
- North West (South African province)
- Northern Cape
- Orange Free State (province)
- Provinces of South Africa
- Provincial governments of South Africa
- Western Cape
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpumalanga
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